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A naked pamphleteering exercise: Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical, at Phoenix Theatre, reviewed

Plus: Stumped, at Hampstead Theatre, about Beckett, Pinter and cricket, is terrific entertainment

The puppetry is first-class: Carrie and Boris Johnson in Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical. Credit: Mark Senior
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  • Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical

    Phoenix Theatre, until 26 August

  • Stumped

    Hampstead Theatre, until 22 July

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