Gifted by Nikita Lalwani

Rated - 7/10

Overall - Poignant, evocative and even-handed coming of age story about a young Indian maths prodigy growing up in 1980s Wales. I will be intrigued to see what Lalwani does next.

( They may not mean to, but they do... )

Ok, not literally, I'm still a little sniffly. And no, I didn't get to meet him - I queued outside the stage door, and saw him when he came out to sign stuff, but it was an absolute scrum and I was three rows back and so didn't get near. But hey, I wanted to see his Hamlet, anything else would have been extras. And the Hamlet did rock.

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