Emily Lim’s bold production – which marks the first time a community cast (of more than 200 everyday Londoners) appears on stage at the National ­– celebrates multicultural diversity with a zing that ...

Lim and the play’s adaptor Chris Bush have added to their immense challenge by taking on Pericles, a flawed work once dismissed by Ben Jonson as ‘stale/as the Shrieve’s crusts, and nasty as his ...