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Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

Image result for allelujah bridge theatreby guest critic Gregory Forrest

A new Alan Bennett play is an event. And hospitals – the epicentres of birth and death – are eventful places. Allelujah! is a match made in heaven then.

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21 July, 2018laurakressly ageing, Alan Bennett, Bridge Theatre, Commercial Theatre, family, government, health, new writing, NHS, political theatre, review, social commentary Leave a comment

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