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The Last Show Before We Die review

“Never quite finds its focus”

ReviewsAug 9, 2023by Lyn GardnerRoundabout @Summerhall, Edinburgh

Ell Potter and Mary Higgins in The Last Show Before We Die at Roundabout @Summerhall, Edinburgh. Photo: Felix Mosse

Ell Potter and Mary Higgins’s explore endings and death in a show that is best in its quieter moments

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