Category Culture

The premiere of The History Boys in 2004 was an incendiary affair. Curtain up was delayed by a fire in the lighting rig. Alan Bennett’s drama, though more rueful than raging, delivered a fiery blast against an education system that…

Take the words of one of Britain’s leading poet, add the real life experiences of refugees – stage it on a boat on the river running through one of the world’s most diverse cities and you have a deeply immersive…