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These drag queens haven’t a clue how banal their problems are: Sound of the Underground, at the Royal Court, reviewed

Plus: a play about Picasso that fails to offer a living, breathing portrait of a human being

Mwice Kavindele as Sadie Sinner The Songbird, Sue Gives a F*ck, Ms Sharon Le Grand, Tammy Reynolds as Midgitte Bardot, Lilly SnatchDragon, Wet Mess, Rhys Hollis as Rhys’s Pieces and CHIYO in Royal Court's Sound of the Underground. Photo: Helen Murray
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  • Sound of the Underground

    Royal Court, until 25 February

  • Picasso

    Playground Theatre, until 4 February

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