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Complicité’s masterly take on Olga Tokarczuk’s eco-thriller is unforgettable; Daniel Rigby excels in Fo’s all too timely classic; and Silvio Berlusconi is in dire need of some good tunes
The narrative needs tightening and it needs to be staged somewhere larger: neither challenge is insurmountable.
This aimless musical is more a minestrone of ideas than a bunga-bunga romp
Sometimes, for all its flaws, a musical is still worth seeing. You could spend a couple of hours mulling over the weaknesses in Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan’s storytelling: it’s not so much a portrait of Italy’s man of destiny as a galloping fever dream — Evita meets Jerry Springer: The Opera.
It’s a nice idea but this disconnected show about the former Italian PM makes some bizarre choices and lacks satirical bite