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RealLife TV
Baron’s Court Theatre, London W14
4/5
IAN BUCKLEY'S latest play grips from the start.
Taking as his subject matter the increasingly fashionable and widely watched real-life TV genre — often used to denigrate the poor and belittle their lives —RealLife TV deals with a serious theme, the widespread abuse of women in a domestic situation.
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