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A View from Islington North
Arts Theatre, London WC2
3/5
A VIEW from Islington North comes not a moment too soon. With the political right and most of the press gunning for Jeremy Corbyn, it’s time for a little theatrical return of fire.
The production brings together five short pieces and a song from the pens of some of our most celebrated writers — Carol Churchill, David Hare and Mark Ravenhill among them — and that list of talents is something of a drama lover’s dream. But the individual pieces were not specifically written for the production, with Churchill’s and Stella Feehily’s getting their premiere last year.
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