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Gary Naylor sees an innovative and stylish adaptation of Doctore Jekyll and Mr Hyde which, somewhat appropriately, is good in parts.

Set in a 1930s jazz club with live pianist and a backdrop of sultry jazz standards including 'Putting On The Ritz' and 'I Get A Out Of Kick You, Birmingham-based The Blue Orange Theatre transfer a new version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde, a classic tale of addiction, murder, sex, violence and desire to The Cockpit for a 4-week season from Wednesday 13 January.