The week in theatre: Bitter Wheat; Xanadu; Strange Fruit " review
Garrick; Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; Bush, LondonJohn Malkovich cannot save David Mamet's lame post-Weinstein satire. Thank heavens for Giffords' groovy circus spectacular Any sex play by David Mamet comes with "controversial" padlocked to it: the teasing ambivalence of Oleanna in 1992 ensured that. But his post-Weinstein drama is not provocative: it's just a feeble fizzle. Bitter Wheat fails on every front. It is …