Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Do theatres actually read scripts before agreeing to stage them?

Plus: the first half hour of Southwark Playhouse's Tarantula is dramatic and thrilling. The rest is sweet but dull

Kirsten Foster & Tyger Drew-Honey in Shaun McKenna's daft new play Rocky Road. Photo: Simon Annand
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    southwarkplayhouse.co.uk, until 15 May

  • Rocky Road

    Jermyn Street Theatre, via http://bit.ly/RockyRoad_Play, until 30 May

  • Tarantula

    Southwark Playhouse

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