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It’s no Jerusalem: Jez Butterworth’s Hills of California, at Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed

Plus: a play about Wilko Johnson that captures the Dr Feelgood guitarist brilliantly

Laura Donnelly as the ambitious mother Veronica and Lara McDonnell as her daughter Joan in The Hills of California [Mark Douet] 
issue 17 February 2024
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    Harold Pinter Theatre, until 15 June

  • Wilko

    Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, until 24 February

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