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Tristan Cork

Bristol football play scrapped on eve of covid pandemic is back two years later

A play about football featuring three generations of Bristolians is back at the Old Vic - almost two years after it was cancelled just hours before it was due to open.

The Red Lion play began its run in early March 2020, starring Broadchurch actor and Bristolian Joe Sims, but the show was stopped and the play's run cancelled because of growing pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.

The show was stopped in the week before Prime Minister Boris Johnson eventually ordered the first lockdown, and the cast and crew were left - like so many others - in limbo for months.

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