Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Shopping and reflecting
Leo Boix recommends a play which holds the mirror up to a commodity-obsessed society where everything, including love, is for sale
Shopping and F*****g
Lyric Hammersmith
London W6
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