My reviews aren’t out til the weekend, but this is one of my recommendations. Does that ‘don’t know whether to laugh or recoil’ humour well. Daft and irreverent but with edge and bite where it needs it

Also on Sunday: 🔸Rachel Cooke on female friendships in literature 🔸Black Arsenal: how the club set the pace for racial integration 🔸Phil Wang // Insta: @wangpix Q&A by Michael Hogan 🔸Edinburgh fringe week one roundup by Matt Barton  + our critics review the week’s best arts & books

Blaming Edinburgh for how long it's taken me to write up my thoughts on The Years Almeida Theatre which I loved and is one of those shows that really will stay with you for... well... years upstagereviews.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/the…

Obviously hope this gets resolved amicably but you do also wonder if a production can realistically dust itself off and carry on after a week of cancelled previews and now an announcement like this

I’ve been following this story all week. This isn’t a surprise but it’s still massively disappointing for all involved, not least the cast & creatives.