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'Surprisingly cruel': does Fleabag still work as a stage show?

Six years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it

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After six years, two television series, several theatrical revivals (including a sold-out Off-Broadway run) and a shot-for-shot French remake, Fleabag is back in theatres for one final run: just Phoebe Waller-Bridge, alone on a spotlit stool, performing the one-woman show that made her the toast of Hollywood. Since it’s been widely perceived as a tract on millennial womanhood, we assembled three millennial critics for a discussion on the play’s relevance, cult status and sexual politics.

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