LUNG in association with The Lowry and Battersea Arts Centre present
chilcot
★★★★
The Stage / Guardian
Chilcot
'On Thursday the bombing started. The siren sounded and I knew. Yeah, that's war.'
On 20 March 2003, Tony Blair declared that Britain was at war. A nation collapsed, tens of thousands were killed and Islamic State was born. Tasked with exploring Britain’s role in the Iraq War, the evidence presented to the Chilcot Inquiry was devastating and stark.
Drawing together testimonies from leading political players with the forgotten voices of veterans, families who lost relatives and Iraqi refugees, this pertinent and bold piece of documentary theatre investigates the biggest foreign policy disaster in modern times and the accountability of those who have power over us.
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Jonathan Coote
Souad Faress
Sanchia McCormack
Gary Pillai
Raad Rawi
Thomas Wheatley
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Sound designer
Owen Crouch
Set / costume designer
James Donnelly
Producer
Sarah Georgeson
Assistant Producer.
Christabel Holmes
Video and Lighting Designer
Will Monks
Writers.
Richard Norton-Taylor & Matt Woodhead
Director.
Matt Woodhead
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Battersea Arts Centre
The Lowry
Arts Council England
Developed with the Support of the National Theatre Studio.
Chilcot was commissioned by The Lowry and Battersea Arts Centre
Photography Credit Joe Twigg
Photography Credit Joe Twigg
Photography Credit Joe Twigg
Photography Credit Joe Twigg
'A kind of tragedy': why we turned the Chilcot Iraq inquiry into a play
As the Chilcot inquiry prepares to report, a Guardian writer explains why he co-created a play out of its astonishing testimony
Read The Full article at The Guardian
