The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher review – Hilary Mantel tale is provocative, powerful theatre

Everyman theatre, Liverpool Beginning as a culture clash comedy with cups of tea and deadly intent, this two-hander becomes boldly arresting If you want someone to credit for the big laughs in the first half of this slippery production, look no further than Hilary Mantel. It was the Wolf Hall author who, in her 2014 short story , imagined a case of mistaken identity in a genteel Windsor home where a man presumed to be the plumber turned out to have a gun in his bag and his eye on the neighbourin