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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nick Ahad

Isabelle review – a sprawling debut driven by big ideas and family conflict

Two women on stage, one holding a small red object while the other looks at it
Determined …Kate Hampson (left) and Katie Singh in Isabelle at 69 Humber Street, Hull. Photograph: T Arran Photo/Tom Arran

There are many reasons to admire Hull’s Middle Child, a small but determined company in Yorkshire’s East Riding.

It has a genuine interest in developing new writers, enormous ambition (the founders say they want it to be “the most influential new writing theatre outside London”) and it has become one of the first resident companies at the National Theatre under Indhu Rubasingham.

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