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The Shrine & Bed Among the Lentils, Bridge Theatre review - loneliness shared, with wit and melancholy
![Alan Bennett's joyful humour hasn't dated in the least – so why did Talking Heads feel so nostalgic? Alan Bennett's joyful humour hasn't dated in the least – so why did Talking Heads feel so nostalgic?](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/tv/2020/07/09/TELEMMGLPICT000233388036_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq-AVSpi9N7ewKo5cYD1EMsxZSsuBod6Nvxg2QFL-K2pU.jpeg?imwidth=680)
Alan Bennett's joyful humour hasn't dated in the least – so why did Talking Heads feel so nostalgic?
Stafford Gatehouse Theatre - Join us next week for a striking one-woman show: two one-act plays written by the fantastic Alan Bennett. Bed Among the Lentils and Her Big Chance are performed
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