Word-Play review " amusing riffs on slippery language and politicians
Royal Court theatre, LondonDaring production ranges boldly from very funny Westminster satire to suffering families at the sharp end of Home Office policy 'Words don't crack bones … Do they?" asks a character in Rabiah Hussain's play about language and the power to harm it carries. It opens in a Whitehall office, as we learn that the prime minister has used an offensive word (we never discover which) and refuses to…