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Do we really need this unsubtle and irrelevant play about Covid?

Plus: sit back and enjoy the violence, the madness and the hilarity of Pinter's The Homecoming

Amalia Vitale, Faye Castelow, Paul Chahidi, Debra Gillett and Natasha Jayetileke in Pandemonium (Marc Brenner/Soho Theatre)
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  • Pandemonium

    Soho Theatre, until 13 January

  • The Homecoming

    Young Vic, until 27 January

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