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After Life

“Moving and imaginative”
Long ReviewsJun 11, 2021Dorfman, National Theatre
Kevin McMonagle and cast in After Life. Photo: Johan Persson
Kevin McMonagle and cast in After Life. Photo: Johan Persson
The National Theatre’s reopening show, an adaptation of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film co-created by Jeremy Herrin, Jack Thorne and Bunny Christie, takes us into a version of the afterlife that is both mundane and quietly remarkable

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