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Category: Institution

• Culture Economics History Institution London Politics Privatisation Theatre Transport UK

  The Permanent Way at The Vaults review *****

  The Permanent Way The Vaults, 13th October 2019 I have to hand it Debbie Hicks and Alexander Lass, producer and director of The Permanent Way. Whilst David Hare’s 2003 verbatim dissection of the Tory rail privatisation in the 1990s, and the four fatal disasters which followed, is an undeniably powerful…

  November 19, 2019
• Agency Community Culture Economics Institution London Politics Theatre

  Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre review ****

  Faith, Hope and Charity National Theatre Dorfman, 8th October 2019 I didn’t catch the first two plays in Alexander Zeldin’s trilogy, Beyond Caring (zero hours contracts) and Love (a homeless hostel), about life for the disadvantaged in modern Britain. In fact worse that that I didn’t even know about them.…

  November 17, 2019
• Culture Empire History Institution Mental Illness Nationhood Politics Theatre War

  Plenty at the Chichester Festival Theatre review ****

  Plenty Chichester Festival Theatre, 27th June 2019 Sir David Hare has written a fair few plays. Important plays. As well as TV screenplays and film scripts. I’ve only seen a handful but it’s not difficult to work out why the old boy is so important. Even if some would suggest…

  August 23, 2019