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Theatre

A handy liberal guide on how to save mankind, courtesy of Soho Theatre

Plus: why I spent the whole of the Globe's Measure for Measure wishing the fun would stop

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

Lampedusa

Soho Theatre, until 25 July

Measure for Measure

Globe, in rep until 17 October

Refugee crisis in the Mediterranean! Fear not. Anders Lustgarten and his trusty rescue ship are here to save mankind. Lampedusa consists of two monologues, one Italian, one English, which tackle the problem at home and abroad. We meet Stephano, a cartoon fisherman with a Zorba beard and a chunky woollen sweater who lives on Italy’s southernmost salient about 70 miles off the African coast.

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