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its clever technical approach distracts more than adds

I’m of an age where the ‘four minute warning’ was a phrase that gave me nightmares as a young child. I swear it is partly responsible for my lifelong struggle with anxieties that still haunt me today. I’m sure I remember watching government broadcasts on what to do if the alarm sounded (or maybe I am just imagining them, created from the folklore that has developed around the phrase?). It seemed such an important thing throughout the 70s and early ...

A play that sets out on a dark path as a broody thriller

a fun piece of theatre that is greater than the sum of its (distracting) parts.

It isn’t for anyone easily offended

This charming show demonstrates what can be achieved with sharp writing

Avalanche is subtle, it’s a slow burner

There is such beautiful innocent charm to this show

Compelling, absorbing, vital, frantic, unmissable

intriguing, utterly compelling viewing