LESSONS ON REVOLUTION
Undone Theatre and Carmen Collective
1 August 2024 - 26 August 2024
Time: 14:15 ( 60 mins )
Venue: Former Womens Locker Room
Genre: Theatre, New Writing
Age: 12 and above (12+)
Sensitive Content: Audience Participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of Violence, Strobe Lighting, More Information
Discussion of racism, colonialism, war, homophobia, suicide, house fires, death
1968. Three thousand students occupy the London School of Economics, in the most significant act of protest in a generation. 2024. Two friends and flatmates try to work out what radical change means today, searching through archives, photos, and first-hand accounts. Following a sold-out Soho Theatre run, Lessons on Revolution comes to Summerhall.
This five-star, 'compelling and galvanising' (James Graham) piece of documentary theatre takes you on a journey through global and personal history which asks: in a new age of inequality and injustice, how can the voices of the past give us hope?
This five-star, 'compelling and galvanising' (James Graham) piece of documentary theatre takes you on a journey through global and personal history which asks: in a new age of inequality and injustice, how can the voices of the past give us hope?
“Compelling and galvanising” - James Graham (Dear England, playwright)
“One of the biggest highlights of my year in theatre” ★★★★ Theatre and Tonic
Image: Jack Sain
