Talent review " Victoria Wood drama tackles the squalid side of celebrity
Crucible, SheffieldWood's 1978 play about a young woman's quest to win a local talent show handles weighty issues, including sexual exploitation, breezily It is a world of mirror balls and knee-high boots. Of Babycham and Woodbines. Of cheesy magic acts and variety nights " a world the late Victoria Wood knew well, having cut her teeth in Birmingham folk clubs before landing her big break on the talent show New Face…