'The Riots' coming to Tottenham in January

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Permalink Reply by pamish on December 10, 2011 at 0:22

Cool. Missed it at The Tricycle.

Should do well for BGC too, maybe bring in new audience.

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Permalink Reply by Julia on December 10, 2011 at 0:35

Me too so it'll be my first time at BGC. First of many I hope.

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Permalink Reply by Abi on December 10, 2011 at 11:02

Fantastic. i too intended to catch this at the Tricycle and failed to get tickets . how wonderful to see it being shown locally !

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on December 10, 2011 at 12:38

If you're interested in this play watch & comment on my new film posted below ' Tottenham riot: Local Stories 2011'

http://www.harringayonline.com/video/tottenham-riot-local-stories-2011

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Permalink Reply by empyrean_aisles on December 10, 2011 at 13:43

We saw this at the Tricycle and thought it was very good - excellent job by Gillian Slovo (of course) and good performances by the cast. The most striking bit for empyrean_spouse and I was hearing in detail about how events unrolled on the afternoon the unrest began: you hear perspectives from people who were right in the middle of the march to the police station, and who report on exactly what happened when. Nice use of the map of Tottenham too. Slovo has a definite take on the causes of the riots, but the play is pretty upfront about this - it's not like it's pushing a hidden agenda. If you like good contemporary theatre, or even if you don't and you want to understand a little more about what happened last August, I'd definitely encourage you to go and see it.

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Permalink Reply by Kit on December 10, 2011 at 15:16

Booked and looking forward to the show! BGAC is good value too. Standard-priced tickets a shade over a tenner.

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