The Love Girl and the Innocent, Southwark Playhouse, London
Southwark Playhouse, London: This is the first production of The Love Girl and the Innocent to be done in London for 30 years. It's easy to see why many would be daunted by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's sprawling play that boasts four acts and a cast of 50 (here done with 16). It often feels like hard work. But in Matthew Dunster's artfully pared down version the payoff in the final section is undoubtedly a…