Barbican, London; Minerva, ChichesterFiona Shaw is spellbinding as the traumatised mother of Christ, while Stevie Smith's life offers a whimsical return to 70s suburbiaBefore The Testament of Mary begins, the audience is invited up on to the stage. It is, at first, too crowded to see what others see, and then you find yourself looking incredulously, at close range, into the unreadable eyes of a living vulture, shifti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on May 10, 2014