Five London writers - April de Angelis, Georgia Fitch, Anders Lustgarten, Mark Norfolk and Paula B Stanic- have created a new and confronting play that recalls the Blair era and addresses its legacy. The play is being directed by Charlotte Westenra
Inspired by the legendary 1970s production ‘Kennedy’s Children’ by Robert Patrick, Blair’s Children has five characters in a London coffee shop reveal their thoughts and feelings directly to the audience, who learn first-hand how the Blair era impacted the lives of a generation.
For three weeks from 5th June.
Blair’s Children is the first piece to be commissioned by The Cockpit as part of its Theatre of Ideas programme, which seeks to nurture theatre of contemporary critique as a revitalization of the radical tradition of the London Fringe.
Kennedy’s Children saw the American 60s defined in large part by the death of heroes. The Cockpit’s starting point for Blair’s Children was the idea that for many, Blair’s era marked the death of the traditional Left. It turned out there was much more to say and each character in the play tells a deeply felt, personal and very different story.
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