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Dov and Ali
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It's frustrating to come out of a play that works so well on stage, and hits all its targets fair and square, but fails to push its ideas beyond the limits of what you already expect. At the centre of Anna Ziegler's play, set in Detroit, are Dov and Ali. Dov is a Jewish high school English teacher, and Ali a precocious Muslim pupil, who always seems to be picking a fight. While Ali and Dov bash out their differences in class, away from school both of lives are heading out of control. Dov rejects his 'shiksa' girlfriend Sonya, and Ali tips his father off about his sister Sameh's disreputable boyfriend. And it is Kiran Landa's Sameh, decked out in a hijab, who is narrating the story – from somewhere that is definitely not Detroit. Debut director Alex Sims certainly earns his wings with this assured production, which boasts a striking pair of performances by James Floyd as the intense Ali, and Ben Turner as Dov, with Orla Fitzgerald as Sonya. It's good – as far as it goes.
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