Describe the Night review " kaleidoscopic vision of Soviet history
Hampstead theatre, LondonRajiv Joseph's ambitious three-hour drama features an outstanding performance from David BirrellIt is tough luck on Rajiv Joseph that his play, first seen in Houston in 2017, opens in the same week as an adaptation of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate, in London. Both works focus on what one of Joseph's characters calls "the cruel gaze of communism". Where Grossman's work stirs the heart, Josep…