RITA DI SANTO assesses the winners of the most politically charged festival to date
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Wild, Hampstead Theatre London
Ingenious whistleblower drama from Mike Bartlett now online
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MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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MIKE BARTLETT'S opening play in Hampstead Theatre's short season of free weekly online productions owes much to Pinter's comedies of menace, with their characteristic mixture of humour, mystery and lurking fear.
Like The Dumb Waiter, originally planned for Hampstead's main theatre programme — now postponed — Wild is set initially in a recognisable social context, with the plot progressively leaving the target character bewildered and unhinged.
Michael, played by Jack Farthing, is a somewhat naive Edward Snowden-type whistleblower who, having leaked a massive stash of incriminating Pentagon documents, is on the run.
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