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Citizens‘ Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 6 Oct, then touring .00.
Peter Arnott's Losing A/er: gets a deserved re run. after a gap of twelve years siriee its first I)t()(Ill(IIl()ll. Its reappearance is very good news for those who think there should he no walls hetween entertainment and thought- provoking theatre. The play itself is not Without its flaws: it does riiearider‘ a little and could he trirnined slightly. hut the (:losirig Ivy/only minutes are powerful enough to hr‘irig audiences to the edges of their seats. something we don’t get too often in the theatre.
The play is ostensihly a family di‘aina ahout the return from the dead of the eponymous Alec. an old style patriarchal soeialist whose iiiain (:laini to fame is that as Deputy l.or‘d l’r‘oyost of MOIINHIIUS [)istr'iet Couriel he was responsible for opening Scotland's first i(:e and ‘.'.v'ater (:oinplex
An old style ghost Tory
and he's not going to iet you forget it. One day he
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(Junihei'riatiid lheati'e's {il'iltilKZ director, Sirnori btiaikey. l‘-as pulled together a pox'xerful east of six who all turn in (:orniiiendahle perfor'nianees. hut liohert ()arr’ as /\!e<: and Anne lvlyatt as his long suffering ‘.'.’|l(: poth exeel.
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