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3083, until 11 Aug, . ’ Acclaimed Australian actor
1.1.45pm, £8-E9 " y " 3.: Susie Lindeman performs an
(£7.58). ' F r I if E " J g V . adaptation of Yasmina Reza‘s " " ' i ‘ " semi—autobiographical novel
about grief and loss. Both
funny and deeply moving.
Assembly Rooms, 226 2428,
until 26 Aug (not 73, 20).
3.30pm. 5370—537] (SQ—£70).
I Stitching Anthony Neilson's brooding drama is bound to create controversy. dealing as it does with issues of pornography and violence. with an ugly finale. But the play is. beneath its unpleasant and graphic exterior. a deeply emotional. almost moralistic exploration of a thirty— something relationship in decline. Ignore the talk and see the show. Traverse Theatre, 228 7404. until 24 Aug, times vary. £70 (27.50).
I Goner Americana Absurdum returns with a wicked satire of American culture. A frighteningly incompetent hospital staff encounter the FBI agents protecting the president after an assassination attempt
leaves him in a coma. Assembly Rooms, 226 2428, until 26 Aug (not 73), 3. 75pm, £94310 (538—29)
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