Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory, review: Jamie Lloyd takes aim at the American Dream
Roll up, roll up… it's time to shoot a president! Jamie Lloyd's production of Stephen Sondheim's 1990 musical pitches its audience into a zanily macabre funfair, the traverse stage littered with clapped-out bumper cars and a giant clown's head. Cock a gun, and assassinate the leader of the free world; bells ding, 'Hit' or 'Miss' signs flash, and garlands of electric lights flicker.