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Why is there no one at the National Theatre preventing these duds getting staged?

Evening at the Talk House is like witnessing a drunk trying to set fire to an ice cube, while Waste is three hours of moral tribulation performed inside a giant Hovis loaf

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  • Evening at the Talk House

    Dorfman, in rep until 30 March 2016

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    Lyttelton, in rep until 19 March 2016

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