REVIEW: The Elephant Man, Booth Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Bradley Cooper is The Elephant Man at The Theatre Royal Haymarket

At first glance it is a simple historical tale with a couple of central star turns; unremarkable fodder but capable of reaching glitzy heights. Ellis sees beyond that though, and although the casting is undeniably starry, this is a thoughtful, incisive and ultimately shattering meditation on tolerance, convention, acceptance and love.