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I am a playwright. I show
What I have seen.
In the man markets
I have seen how men are traded. That
I show, I, the playwright.

Bertolt Brecht

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A hopeful vision of human renewal: the theatre of Seán O’Casey

14 September 2024 / 126

The anniversary of Seán O’Casey’s death falls on 18th September. He was the first English-speaking dramatist of international significance to emerge from the proletariat. His proletarian consciousness... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Theatre

Politics, pubs, and pop-up pastors: Interview with Mark Thomas

18 July 2024 / 138

Mike Quille interviews Mark Thomas about comedy, politics, pubs, Starmer, the miners, his latest show, and being a pastor. Image above by Tracey Moberley 1. Mark, looking on... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Theatre

Banner Theatre: Working-class culture for a change!

3 February 2024 / 124

One of our country’s longest running political theatre groups, Banner have dedicated their time over 50 years to trade union causes and working-class issues, and the power... Continue reading

Rebecca Hillman

Theatre

Together for a better world! Theatre of the Oppressed and the Landless Workers’ Movement:

9 December 2023 / 123

I am currently leading a theatre project called Performing Resistance: the role of theatre and performance in 21st century workers’ movements. The aim is to create new links between artists... Continue reading

Rebecca Hillman

Theatre

Sean O’Casey, Ireland’s greatest working-class playwright

30 October 2023 / 169

Paul O’Brien, the first Irish critic to publish a full-length political biography of Sean O’Casey from a left-wing perspective, talks to Jenny Farrell about some largely unknown... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Theatre

Sean O’Casey: Political Activist and Writer

9 October 2023 / 136

Jenny Farrell reviews Sean O’Casey: Political Activist and Writer by Paul O’Brien Anybody who has come across the work of independent scholar and critic Paul O’Brien knows... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Theatre

Holberrys

29 September 2023 / 123

Holberrys is a play about two Sheffield Chartists, Samuel and Mary Holberry, who helped organise the betrayed ‘physical force’ insurrection in the city in January 1840. Samuel,... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Theatre

Dramatising Revolution: Review of a trilogy of Sean O’Casey’s plays

16 September 2023 / 112

Seán O’Casey – the first proletarian dramatist writing in English – made his theme the struggle for the emancipation of the Irish people, and by extension of... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Theatre

Fierce and funny political theatre: ‘England & Son’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

10 August 2023 / 130

He’s done it again! A few years ago, Ed Edwards exploded into Edinburgh with ‘A Political History of Smack and Crack’, performed at the Fringe Festival. It... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Theatre

England and Son

19 July 2023 / 114

England and Son is a one-man play written specifically for the political comedian Mark Thomas by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards (The Political History of Smack and Crack). It’s a heartbreaking... Continue reading

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Category: Theatre

I am a playwright. I show
What I have seen.
In the man markets
I have seen how men are traded. That
I show, I, the playwright.

A hopeful vision of human renewal: the theatre of Seán O’Casey

Politics, pubs, and pop-up pastors: Interview with Mark Thomas

Banner Theatre: Working-class culture for a change!

Together for a better world! Theatre of the Oppressed and the Landless Workers’ Movement:

Sean O’Casey, Ireland’s greatest working-class playwright

Sean O’Casey: Political Activist and Writer

Holberrys

Dramatising Revolution: Review of a trilogy of Sean O’Casey’s plays

Fierce and funny political theatre: ‘England & Son’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

England and Son

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I am a playwright. I showWhat I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

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I am a playwright. I show
What I have seen.
In the man markets
I have seen how men are traded. That
I show, I, the playwright.