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Lady Dealer
Bush Theatre, London
THE BUSH THEATRE, under Lynette Linton’s artistic direction, works hard to bring us the voices of minoritised people and groups.
Lady Dealer — direct from the Edinburgh Festival and a product of lockdown — entices us into the private world of one such person: Charley, a young forgotten woman of our times.
Charley lives alone like many other young women, but, as a drug dealer who is also a woman, she is a rare beast who, when suddenly becoming aware that she has an audience, proceeds to confide in — and practise her fragile social skills on — us.
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