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?
Protect and Survive
The Vaults, London SE1
3/5
THE recent demonstration against Trident, the largest in a generation, saw a large youthful presence.
But others on the march would have been able to recall the Protect and Survive pamphlet issued in May 1980 at a time when nuclear catastrophe was at the forefront of public debate.
PAUL FOLEY revels in the coolest, most joyful piece of theatre you’ll get this summer
MARY CONWAY becomes impatient with the intellectual self-indulgence of Tom Stoppard in a production that is, nevertheless, total class
Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship


