Theatre
Early May coincides with the beginning of the cricket season and, weather permitting, the bank holiday allows for a long weekend of dozing off in the spring sun with a paperback in one hand and a lukewarm pint in the other. Richard Bean’s The English Game has far more to it, however, with the Sunday afternoon clash between the amateurish Nightwatchmen and their more talented (and diverse) opposition providing the focus for a darkly funny exploration of migration, religion and the long shadow of empire that appears additionally prescient in the wake of Brexit. AM
