MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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THE award-winning Omnibus Theatre in London, under the dynamic artistic direction of Marie McCarthy, describes itself as “a home of storytelling — a small place to encounter big ideas.”
And in the current climate of shock and stillness, that need for storytelling could never be more urgent.
One such story is that of Samuel Adjei in Jacob Roberts-Mensah and Rhys Reed-Johnson’s Dem Times, directed by Poppy Clifford, bow available on a podcast.
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