Comedy Review: Raphael Wakefield: Wengerball Assembly, George Square Studios (Venue 17), Edinburgh
If Roy Keane can inspire a musical, then Arsène Wenger can inspire a winning character tragicomedy, this impressive debut from Raphael Wakefield.
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Although it contains some lovely caricatures of the likes of José Mourinho and Gary Neville, you don't have to be a football fan to appreciate the tale Wakefield imparts, how the professorial Frenchman revolutionised England's beautiful game, but was destroyed by the commercial forces he helped usher in.
A scheming hunchback, pouring rebellion into Josh's ear, Dein nevertheless seems to have the club's best interests at heart. Pivotal in facilitating Wengerball, with its influx of silky European players, he's a complex character, backing his man while appeasing a sceptical board of grotesques, including Sir “Chips” Keswick, rendered here as a self-satisfied, cannibal potato.
Until 26 August