Political theatre

• Theatre / Reviews

  This House by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Tobacco Factory Theatres – ‘Masterfully combines the laughter value of satire with the intensity of politics’

  A brilliantly acted, near-three hour play that keeps you on the edge of your seat

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• Theatre / NHS

  “The NHS is stretched to breaking point”

  Pipeline Theatre's 'Drip Drip Drip' centres on a stretched NHS ward...and an uncomfortable encounter

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• Theatre / drugs

  Review: The Political History of Smack and Crack, Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio

  Convincingly posits a sinister Tory agenda behind the 1980s heroin epidemic

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• Theatre / Social and political theatre

  Preview: The Political History of Smack and Crack, Bristol Old Vic

  Two lovers' journey through addiction and recovery, from the 1981 riots to the present

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• Theatre / kneehigh

  Preview: Kneehigh’s UBU!, Marble Factory

  Masters of theatrical fireworks stage Alfred Jarry's revolutionary, often chaotic satire

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