A tangle of nonsense from the sloppy Caryl Churchill: A Number, at the Old Vic, reviewed

Plus: the story of Wuthering Heights vanishes beneath a cascade of songs, dances and video clips from Emma Rice at the National Theatre

From magazine issue: 12 February 2022

Paapa Essiedu in A Number at The Old Vic. Image: Manuel Harlan

issue 12 February 2022

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