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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Imposter 22 review – deconstructed detective story never quite comes together

Dayo Koleosho in Imposter 22.
Meta-theatrical cleverness … Dayo Koleosho in Imposter 22. Photograph: Ali Wright

This postmodern whodunnit begins, tantalisingly, with a body lying prone in what looks to be a crime scene. Seven neurodivergent characters reconstruct events leading up to this moment. Fearing their account will not be believed, they enlist the audience to be their “normal” witnesses.

They also persuade homeless Danny (Jamael Westman, of Hamilton fame) to play Joe, the title’s impostor, who follows Todd (Dayo Koleosho) into his drama group one morning and tries to pass himself off as neurodivergent too.

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