The Events

Clarification of the week: on Sunday 24 March, The Observer ran a news story that, in its headline, called David Greig’s new play, The Events, a musical about Anders Breivik and th…

I’ve never really understood why playwright David Greig — surely one of the top five British playwrights to have emerged in the 1990s — isn’t better known in London.

Text of the day: “The air will be heavy with shouts and yells and the smashing of glass.”

This week, the enterprising Southwark Playhouse hosts Theatre Uncut, a theatre event in response to the Coalition cuts, led as ever by our new Iron Chancellor.