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You should probably come intoThe Shark Is Brokenknowing your lore.
So there are awkward, audience-pandering jokes wherein Shaw says, UFOs!
(Praise to Duncan Hendersons costumes and to the wigs by Campbell Young Associates.)
(Thats surely the intent, but it makes the play seem smaller than it should.)
The heart of the thing lies in Ian Shaws playing his father.
But as with so much ofThe Shark Is Broken, the exploration doesnt go especially deep.
Fathers end up beingThe Shark Is Brokens primary way into its whole central trio.
Its where the actors performances cool off from nervous, meticulous imitation into a truer dynamic.
The Shark Is Brokenis at the John Golden Theatre.
