★★★☆☆/★★★★☆Queen's theatre, HornchurchAtiha Sen Gupta creates a companion piece for Leigh's story while a revival proves the original's timeless powerWho was Abigail? What happened at her party, next door to the car-crash drinks gathering at Beverly's and Laurence's house in Mike Leigh's 1977 satire, which ended with a fatal heart attack? The original Abigai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AM on September 11, 2018