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Sat 19 December 2009 ARCHIVE EVENT

INVESTIGATE: Who Needs Socialism?

 

Don't just see the plays - investigate them! The Investigate series are a innovative programme of events is designed to encourage theatre goers to investigate plays and consider the themes and issues raised by them.

Who Needs Socialism? will round off this Autumn’s very successful INVESTIGATE strand. Building on the challenges posed by Who Needs Writers?, Investigating Three of the Best 24:7, All My Children and Who Needs Translators?, David Thacker will join with writer Ron Rose, the cast of The Enemies Within and some of the original contributors whose words form the text of this groundbreaking piece of verbatim theatre.

Who Needs Writers? was hailed by David Edgar as being one of the most important theatre discussions he’d ever attended.

Investigating Three of the Best from 24:7 was a interactive analysis involving cast, audience and writers of three new plays from the 24:7 Festival.

 

All My Children was a courageous attempt to allow opposing points of view to be expressed in the context of a discussion of the line from All My Sons, “Once and for all you can know there’s a universe of people outside and you’re responsible to it”

Who Needs Translators? was a detailed analysis of the responsibilities of actors, translators and directors when presenting plays in translation.

25 years ago Margaret Thatcher declared war on trade unions and socialism. Some of those involved in this epic struggle reflect on what lessons have been learned and consider whether the miners were indeed, as Margaret Thatcher called them – The Enemy Within.

Who Needs Socialism will pull together many of the themes and concerns: the responsibilities of those who present verbatim theatre, the distinction between art and propaganda, theresponsibilities of the Octagon to its audiences and to the community it seeks to serve.

Guests of honour will be Mark and Doreen Jones, parents of the young miner David Jones who was killed on a picket line in March 2004.

 

The day will follow the pattern of most of the previous events:

10.30Who Needs Socialism? morning discussion

2.00 The Enemies Within - matinee performance

4.30 Final Plenary

 

 


 

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BOOKING INFORMATION : INVESTIGATE: Who Needs Socialism?
 
Archive Performance Date:

Saturday 19 December 2009

Theatre Space: Bill Naughton Studio Theatre [The Studio]
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