Lyn Gardner: Solo shows are often bolder, brainier and break more ground than stage extravaganzas

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Solo shows are often bolder, brainier and break more ground than stage extravaganzas

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Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner is a theatre critic and associate editor of The Stage. Read her weekly column every Monday.

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