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Golem review – visual bravura marred by scattergun satire

3 / 5 stars

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The show is undeniably clever. It just never seems sure what precisely
it is satirising. In part, it is an attack on our increasing reliance
on robotic machines, which is an idea as old as Karel Čapek’s 1920
play, RUR. But the show also spreads into an assault on the

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adore Benedict Cumberbatch”. Since a recent episode of Sherlock
contained a golem, that turns out to be a typically sophisticated
in-joke within the scattergun satire.

• Until 31 January. Box office: 020-7922 2922. Venue: Young Vic,