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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Arifa Akbar

INSANE: Tunnels review subterranean escape attempt gets bogged down | Rare Historical Photos

Oliver Yellop (left) and Lewis Bruniges in Tunnels, holding a muddy spade and a lantern
Strong performances … Oliver Yellop (left) and Lewis Bruniges in Tunnels. Photograph: Mark Douet

Two cousins are desperately trying to dig their way out of 1960s East Berlin. Part of a season of double-bill shows, this one-hour cold war drama is paired with Press and written by Oliver Yellop, who also performs alongside Lewis Bruniges.

As the pair dig beneath the Berlin Wall, they speak about the consequence of getting captured and their terror of the Stasi. Paul (Bruniges) describes his traumatic flashbacks to the time he tried to scale the Wall, when he was caught and imprisoned, while Freddie (Yellop) dreams of making a new life with his girlfriend. Both crave the freedoms that lie in the west.

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