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Romantics Anonymous, Bristol Old Vic
Tasty musical about chocolate and love from Wise Children
LOVE INTEREST: Carly Bawden (Angelique) and Marc Antolin (Jean Rene)
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Based on French film Les Emotifs Anonymes, Romantics Anonymous follows the painfully shy chocolate savant Angelique, who finds love and fulfilment with Jean-Rene, the socially paralysed owner of a failing chocolate factory.
The production has many of Rice’s trademark touches. Never rushed and predominantly gentle, the show unfolds with a clarity and simplicity that has real charm and style as the Breton-shirted, beret-wearing chorus generate a humorous Parisian appeal.
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