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Beautiful Thing review – 90s teens navigating tough times in a tender-hearted triumph

Jonathan Harvey’s breakthrough play still blazes with a stubborn utopian impulse thanks to finely pitched performances and delicately balanced banter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

First Touch review – an attempt to give sexual abuse the red card

A young footballer is groomed by his coach in a new play lacking the intensity and drama of the beautiful game at its best

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

First Touch review – sexual abuse blights the beautiful game

Nottingham PlayhousePlaywright Nathaniel Price’s aim is true in a predatory pitch-side tale from the 1970s

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022