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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lyn Gardner

Yesterday Was a Weird Day

This verbatim theatre piece created by Look Right, Look Left is a response to the London bombings of July 7. It is so fresh that it isn't even listed in the Fringe programme. Based on interviews with Londoners from taxi drivers to former MI5 agent David Shayler and politicians including the late Robin Cook, it is both immediate and reflective. The juxtapositions are fascinating; the point where people's ordinary lives become caught up in events and become part of history.

In this respect it is very moving. But it also scotches a few cheery Blitz-spirit myths along the way - a victim of one of the train bombings on his way home that evening still can't persuade "the wankers to move down in the carriage" - as well as showing that prejudice and understanding stand shoulder to shoulder. Simply staged, this is vivid and honest, made more transparent by the fact that the transcript of interviews is available in the foyer.

· Until August 28. Box office: 0870 241 0136.

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