Fun Home review – Alison Bechdel’s musical memoir feels every emotion

Royal Exchange, Manchester A celebration of the cartoonist’s sexual awakening and queer identity as well as an investigation of darker family dynamics, this soulful show wears its heart on its sleeve The “fun” in the title is short for funeral, a reference to the family undertaking business inherited by Alison Bechdel ’s father. But there is some fun, too, in this heart-filled musical adaptation of the cartoonist’s illustrated memoir. First seen in the UK in 2018 and now revived by director Sarah Frankcom in a fluid in-the-round staging, it brings a light touch to a story freighted with emotio

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