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PATRICK MARMION: This show is the brilliant, all-female brainchild of Isobel McArthur, re-spinning the well-worn yarn of Jane Austen's novel, ostensibly from the point of view of the servants.
What counts as offensive in these days of cancel culture? Ham-fisted pronoun usage? Culturally appropriated hairstyles? To remind us that other options are still available, the Menier’s new space, the Mixing Room, is staging a world premiere of a two-hander choc-full of old-school profanities, grotesquerie and gore: Brian & Roger, which comes with the subtitle A Highly Offensive Play and, indeed, it often is offensive. Don’t go if the c-word bothers you.The Menier opens its new second stage with this podcast-turned-play. Theatre review by Helen Hawkins
Adapted from the podcast of the same name, the Menier Chocolate Factory's chronicle of two men on the skids makes for terrific entertainment
The misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don’t quite fill three dimensions
The show opens new space The Mixing Room