My City " review | Michael Billington
Almeida Theate, LondonStephen Poliakoff is back with his first new play in 12 years. But, while I welcome his return, this piece feels like an anthology of Poliakoff's recurring preoccupations. Nothing wrong with that, except that for a play that is ultimately about the power of storytelling, it lacks the cohesive narrative quality of his recent film and TV work, such as Glorious 39.Among the familiar Poliakoff theme…