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The show works a treat: Globe’s The Tempest reviewed

Plus: a multi-layered new musical from Southwark Playhouse and a subtle, delicate comedy at the White Bear

Ferdy Roberts as an oddly angry Prospero in a fun new production of The Tempest at the Globe [Marc Brenner] 
issue 27 August 2022
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    Southwark Playhouse

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    White Bear, until 3 September

  • The Tempest

    Shakespeare’s Globe, until 22 October

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