“A coda, in which the 72 victims are poignantly acknowledged via spot-lit empty seats and a projected roll-call of names, is followed by a short documentary and our requested exit to join a silent vigil outside. That call to activism feels slightly overstated, but if the survivors desire it then, of course, so be it.”
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“It’s an urgent call to arms in a battle against capitalist ruthlessness and corruption that is still very far from won.”
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“The 11-strong ensemble give detailed, sensitive portrayals of their real-life counterparts...It becomes clear that it’s the strength of this community, which has been so appallingly stigmatised, that has carried many of these brave survivors through their trauma. The very least they deserve is our love in return.”
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“Piling up devastating detail, this play with a remarkable cast shockingly lays bare the abject failures behind this disaster.”
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“Saying this play is a ‘fitting tribute’ to its subjects feels a little wrong: certainly the only fitting tribute to the dead would be jail time for the people responsible. But I suppose the ultimate point of this play is to demonstrate that what the survivors of Grenfell went through matters to a wider world”
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“The ensemble cast performs with a quietly furious intensity, and the production is stylistically economical...A final moment of communion and togetherness feels organised rather than organic, but it’s still very moving.”
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“The performances are impassioned, and by giving extra weight to those who experienced the terrifying events of June 2017, Slovo’s script — provides more insights into what the disaster entailed at the most visceral level.”
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“The piece offers a didactic analysis of a great wrong. And the audience is left in no doubt that this was a great wrong, an avoidable tragedy compounded by human failure on many sides, years in the making.”
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