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Read the press reviews for David Edgar's The New Real, directed by Holly Race Roughan

★★★★★Morning Star

'Ambitious political satire'

'Brave'

'Injected with humour'

'Splendid all-round acting'

★★★★The Stage

'Sharply topical and beautifully crafted'

'Holly Race Roughan directs with the heel-snapping speed of a fast-talking political TV drama'

★★★★Midlands What’s On

'A dynamic journey through decades of political change'

Guardian

'Explores some pressing questions'

WhatsOnStage

'Epic and important'

British Theatre Guide

'The cast are all first-class'

Times

'Witty...intelligent.'

'welcome brain-food'

'Let no one say that David Edgar lacks ambition'

Stratford Observer

'Martina Laird and Lloyd Owen as the one-time partners now fighting each other through their respective campaigns are both excellent'