The Twilight Zone review " retro anxieties from another dimension
Almeida, LondonThe supernatural stories of the mid-20th century TV show have lost some of their bite in adaptation, but none of their deadpan charmCan irony and fear coexist in the theatre? Anne Washburn's ingenious adaptation of The Twilight Zone shows it's a slippery combination. Knowingness strangles anxiety. In Mr Burns, Washburn used episodes of The Simpsons to examine a devastated America. Now she looks at her …