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Ordinary Decent Criminal review " Mark Thomas powers through tense prison drama

by Mark Fisher

Summerhall, EdinburghThomas jumps adeptly from terrorist to drug lord in writer Ed Edwards's gripping and subtle one-man show There is an alarming sense of cogs being wound in this prison drama by Ed Edwards. It is set in a fancy new Manchester nick where conditions are uncommonly good: a 25-day riot in the notoriously crowded Strangeways has fast-tracked the introduction of a softly-softly regime. There is one man t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:06pm on August 9, 2025