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Lennie James as Salter and Paapa Essiedu as Bernard 2 (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: A Number, Old VIc (2022)

Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu play the father Salter and three of his batch of cloned sons.  The very act of cloning is in itself a challenge to the sense of self and individuality for these men.  The first one we meet wants to know if he is the first but his father doesn't tell the truth.  Salter, the father, talks about litigation and suing someone for the loss of identity.  He implies that the cloning of "a number" was carried out without his consent.

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Ria Zimitrowicz as The Woman and Rakie Ayola as Mrs Lyall (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Glow, Royal Court (2022)

In Alistair McDowell's new play, The Glow  a mysterious woman (Ria Zmitrowicz) finds herself in different scenarios from Life with the Cavemen to the present day.  We first meet her incarcerated in an asylum like Bedlam where Mrs Lyall (Rakie Ayola) a well known spiritualist will rescue her and train her as an assistant in her sessions as a medium. 

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