The Grenfell Project
London theatre news: Wednesday 6 March 2019
London Fringe - Verbatim theatre
A devised, verbatim theatre piece investigating issues surrounding the Grenfell fire of June 2017 will be at Islington's Hope Theatre from 12 to 30 March 2019.
Image courtesy of the Hope Theatre
The Grenfell Project is a devised verbatim theatre piece investigating issues surrounding the fire of June 2017 which will be at The Hope Theatre from 12 to 30 March 2019.
It's a collective demonstration of the issues shown at Grenfell through powerful spoken word, physical theatre and interview re-enactments.
Show listing information
Synopsis
A verbatim theatre piece about the fire at Grenfell Tower.
Kensington and Chelsea, one of the most affluent areas in the world, home to designer brands, famous flower shows and intense public carnivals fill the streets.
But it's also home to the biggest wealth divide in Britain.
Pockets of poverty clutter the expensive view from townhouses and cause the council too much trouble to care.
Does a tragedy have to cut through the wealth to see the humanity?
The Grenfell Project sensitively explores how it takes a loss of 72 lives and many more missing for people in London neighbourhoods to be heard.
Through beautiful physical expression, powerful spoken word and fearless verbatim theatre, audiences will experience more than a year on, the raw emotions surrounding the community of Grenfell.
Based on interviews from victims, firefighters, council workers and MPs, we shift through all the fake news and illegitimate claims to present you with the facts of how the residents of Grenfell were outrageously failed.
500 buildings are still covered in the main culprit.
Cladding. As flammable as cardboard, and as cheap.
Help us spread the cause and learn the facts. Support us in raising funds for charities such as Justice For Grenfell and Support 4 Grenfell by taking part in our collection at the end of our shows and telling your friends and family about these charities.
Cast
Esther Asabi
Daniel Brindley
Jamahyl Chan-Ellis
Eleanor Crouch
Gabrielle Ellison
Victoria Izzard
Amy Sherlock
Creatives
Author: Devised by the company
Director: Eleanor Crouch
Lighting: Timothy Hillman
Movement: Jam Chan-Ellis
Venue
Islington
London
N1 1RL
Dates
From: Tuesday 12 March 2019
Closed: Saturday 30 March 2019
Tickets
Standard: £15
Concessions: £12
Links
Show website
ActDrop full listing for The Grenfell Project
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