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The case for replacing nurses with robots

Plus: a musical adaptation of Midnight Cowboy that never fully escapes the shadow of John Schlesinger’s classic movie

Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans
A show that does nursing few favours: Tending at the Riverside Studios.  IMAGE: CHARLIE FLINT
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 26 April 2025
issue 26 April 2025

  • Tending

    Riverside Studios, until 4 May

  • Midnight Cowboy – a new musical

    Southwark Playhouse Elephant, until 17 May

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