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Podcast: Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House
Episode: 108. Grenfell: The Play Shining a Light on the Truth - With Co-Writer and Director Nicolas Kent and Anthony Biggs of the Playground Theatre
Description: On this week’s episode we’re celebrating the power of ‘activist culture’ and the critically acclaimed play, ‘Grenfell: System Failure’. The play follows on from ‘Grenfell: Value Engineering’ and is based entirely on the words of those involved in last year’s final phase of the Inquiry into the tragic and avoidable fire that killed 72 people. Â
The play has been performed at The Playground Theatre and The Tabernacle, both almost within a stone’s throw of Grenfell Tower, and is now at the new Marylebone Theatre for a final week. To discuss it with us are Anthony Biggs, Artistic...