Twisted Christmas | Pop review

Barbican, LondonTwisted Christmas returns for the second year to strip the festive season of its ribbons and bows. But this year's show unwittingly exposes the real fundamentals of Christmas – boredom, selfishness and disappointment.It's a bizarre mix of traditional folk, pop and comedy, against a distracting backdrop of live-action art from the House of Fairytales. Some performers are strong enough to overcome the inane images. Bagpipe player Donald Lindsay teams up with Alisdair Roberts...

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