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Shifters review: This bittersweet romcom sizzles with chemistry, writes PATRICK MARMION

Shifters, the bittersweet romcom by female playwright Benedict Lombe first seen at the powerhouse Bush Theatre in West London, has now transferred to the West End.

And while Farwell has supplied amusing lyrics for Paisiello's wonderful score, he has also linked them with painful set pieces — including one where the fugitive fabulist speaks proverbs in bird squawks. There is a real sweetness and lightness as well as a keen intelligence at play in Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's funny, touching debut drama about the Muslim experience of living in Britain today There is a real sweetness and lightness as well as a keen intelligence at play in Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's funny, touching debut drama about the Muslim experience of living in Britain today.

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