Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: ‘funny, profound, must-see theatre’

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: ‘funny, profound, must-see theatre’

In the Young Vic’s big opening for December, the “talking ghost of a tiger haunts the streets of the battle-ravaged Iraqi capital while ruminating on the nature of existence”, said Dzifa Benson in The Telegraph. That sounds like a tough sell. And Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer-nominated play – originally staged on Broadway with Robin Williams as the tiger – has taken 14 years to cross the Atlantic.But in the capable hands of director Omar Elerian, and …