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In , Michael Sheen (pictured above) brings cheek and vulnerability to the part of Labour firebrand Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, the politician who, in 1948, founded the National ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ Service in the UK.

Bevan, decried for speaking out against the wartime strategy of Winston Churchill (Tony Jayawardena is excellent here), gets a slim shot at salvation after being made health minister – and is tasked with the impossible: create a national health service.

Told mainly through hallucinations and recollections, this enlightening, absurdist play may bring a tear to your eye and make you ask why 1940s-style problems seem to have returned. Catch…