V

An adaptation of Tony Harrison's controversial poem. An exposition of culture, class, nationalism, rootlessness, belonging and the violence of youth.

The heart v the mind... the body v the soul... the east v the west... the faithful v the faithless...

The moral and spiritual condition of a nation obsessed with "us and them" is put to the question when a graffiti scrawl on a tombstone becomes something more than just aonther mindless act of violence. "A torrent of four-letter filth" or "a cry of rage"? An epitaph for the 80s and an omen for the 90s, V charts the changing face of Britain in decay.

First presented in 1991.

"Punchy, gripping, exciting stuff" Time Out
"Superb show" The Guardian