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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo review – wild horror and sharp-toothed comedy from the Iraq war

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Young Vic theatre, London
Rajiv Joseph’s tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional

There is an exciting wildness to the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s surreal black comedy about the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. Firstly, an animal is played on stage, a tiger shot in a Baghdad zoo that returns from the dead to haunt the US marine who pulled the trigger. Secondly, it talks. Wisecracks, in fact, and interrogates the existence of God. A twisted version of Life of Pi ? Certainly it’s less of a dream than a nightmare in which anything could happen.

And things do lurch from one thing to another with illogical effect. To add to the frisson of unpredictability, Kathryn Hunter performs as the tiger after David Threlfall bowed out, until further notice, due to illness. The part was played on Broadway in 2011 by Robin Williams but Hunter brings her own comic swagger.

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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo review – wild horror and sharp-toothed comedy from the Iraq war

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Young Vic theatre, London
Rajiv Joseph’s tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional

There is an exciting wildness to the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s surreal black comedy about the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. Firstly, an animal is played on stage, a tiger shot in a Baghdad zoo that returns from the dead to haunt the US marine who pulled the trigger. Secondly, it talks. Wisecracks, in fact, and interrogates the existence of God. A twisted version of Life of Pi ? Certainly it’s less of a dream than a nightmare in which anything could happen.

And things do lurch from one thing to another with illogical effect. To add to the frisson of unpredictability, Kathryn Hunter performs as the tiger after David Threlfall bowed out, until further notice, due to illness. The part was played on Broadway in 2011 by Robin Williams but Hunter brings her own comic swagger.

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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo review – wild horror and sharp-toothed comedy from the Iraq war

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Young Vic theatre, London
Rajiv Joseph’s tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional

There is an exciting wildness to the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s surreal black comedy about the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. Firstly, an animal is played on stage, a tiger shot in a Baghdad zoo that returns from the dead to haunt the US marine who pulled the trigger. Secondly, it talks. Wisecracks, in fact, and interrogates the existence of God. A twisted version of Life of Pi ? Certainly it’s less of a dream than a nightmare in which anything could happen.

And things do lurch from one thing to another with illogical effect. To add to the frisson of unpredictability, Kathryn Hunter performs as the tiger after David Threlfall bowed out, until further notice, due to illness. The part was played on Broadway in 2011 by Robin Williams but Hunter brings her own comic swagger.

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Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while undercover spying on political campaigners

An undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners.

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Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while undercover spying on political campaigners

An undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners.

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Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while undercover spying on political campaigners

An undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners.

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A snow patrol, Dior dresses and Storm Bram: photos of the day – Wednesday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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A snow patrol, Dior dresses and Storm Bram: photos of the day – Wednesday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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A snow patrol, Dior dresses and Storm Bram: photos of the day – Wednesday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world