Deborah Ross

Intensely powerful: Herself reviewed

Phyllida Lloyd's latest could have been horrible. It could have been Seabiscuit, with joists and concrete mixers. But it's far from some cheesy, feelgood monstrosity

True, some of the secondary characters are barely drawn, but Clare Dunne’s performance is extraordinary

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