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Goalmouth drama: football fans become players in their clubs' stories by Mark Lawson

From the terraces to the post-match showers, two new theatre shows let Cobblers, Blues and Villains supporters tackle their teams' histories and rivalriesFootball and theatre can both range from farce to bloodbath. But the tepid response to Patrick Marber's The Red Lion, set in a lower-league changing room, exposed the problem that plays on the subject tend to include too much football for people who like theatre and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AM on June 15, 2017

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