'Saved' at the Lyric Hammersmith

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13314221

Since I moved to London in 2000, I've seen hundreds of plays and I don't mind admitting that, over the years, I've had pre-show jitters about some of them. You Me Bum Bum Train was one of them (exhilarating, terrifying and amazing); The Lieutenant of Inishmore (darkly funny and, in one key scene, breathtaking gruesome) was another; and Contains Violence (a fist-eatingly awful waste of two hours of my life) is a third example.

On Wednesday, I'm taking a friend to see a play at the Lyric Hammersmith that includes a scene where a baby is stoned to death in its pram. I've seen graphic sex, violence and nudity aplenty on the London stage, but I doubt that anything will prepare me for Edward Bond's 'Saved'. We'll see...