The Ruling Class review " James McAvoy's mock messiah is mesmerising
Trafalgar Studios, London His bravura performance holds together an exuberant 60s period piece whose satire remains chillingly relevantPlays with fat star-parts tend to survive. Even if the class antagonism in Peter Barnes's 1968 extravaganza now looks a bit blatant, the piece has a juicy lead role that Peter O'Toole played on screen with mercurial fervour. Following in his footsteps, James McAvoy lends Jamie Lloyd's…