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“A nagging lack of depth ”

ReviewsNov 29, 2024by Siobhan MurphyLilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, London

The cast of The Picnic. Photo: Rocio Chacon

Musings inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights don’t quite add up to a coherent work

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Siobhan Murphy was arts editor of Metro for nine years, and has contributed arts reviews to The Times, Time Out and dancetabs.com.

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