Theatre review: Lost Lear offers a brilliant take on dealing with dementia

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Theatre review: Lost Lear offers a brilliant take on dealing with dementia

Em Ormonde, Venetia Bowe, Clodagh O'Farrell and Manus Halligan in Lost Lear, at Project Arts Centre as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022 - 21:30
Alan O’Riordan

Lost Lear 

Project Arts Centre, ★★★★★

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