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The Stars Are Made of Concrete
Oldham Coliseum/Touring
5/5
THE STARS are Made of Concrete couldn’t be more topical. It opens with news footage of the junior hospital doctors’ dispute, with the main character Bev (Zoe Mathews) one of the thousands of NHS workers who have been made redundant without anyone noticing.
Like many, even though she has a son who’s unemployed, she doesn’t realise how difficult it is to get work and — even more importantly — claim the benefits for which she has paid into the system all her working life.
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