Panto Pensioners and Juvenile Smut ; Theatre Ubu the King Barbican Pit

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IN 2,000 nights of reviewing plays, I have not endured a more boring, oppressive and infantile experience than Dominic Hill's slapstick production of Alfred Jarry's black farce.

Its 1896 premiere scandalised, the performance interrupted after the first word - "Shit" - was uttered. More than a century later I left the theatre feeling as if I had been incarcerated in an adventure playground for children with severe behavioural problems and learning difficulties.

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Panto Pensioners and Juvenile Smut ; Theatre Ubu the King Barbican Pit

Some people may consider this a compliment: they will be the first-nighters who laugh...

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