Banned from public performance in the UK in 1965, Edward Bond’s portrayal of aimless social alienation went on to become an international success. In Sean Holmes’ respectful, unfussy but effective revival the infamous baby-stoning scene now unsettles rather than shocks, but the bleak, detached limitation of his working class characters still retains all its power to disturb as Pam (Lia Saville) and her discarded pick-up (Morgan Watkins’ well-meaning but ineffectual Len) head towards the same desolate emotional waste ground which her parents have occupied for years.
Lyric Hammersmith, King Street, W6 0QL (0871 221 1726) www.lyric.co.uk Tube: Hammersmith Until 5th November (£12.50- £30)
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