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Prize Fighter review: story of a child soldier is harrowing but lacks punch by Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

La Boite, Brisbane festivalPlaywright Future D Fidel draws on his past as a Congolese refugee in an energetic production let down by less-than-convincing performances As the audience files slowly into La Boite's theatre, transformed into a boxing ring for the debut of Prize Fighter, the cast trains to pumping music: some spar gently, some do punishing sets of push-ups, others whack the punching bag.Prize Fighter tell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50PM on September 26, 2015

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