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Bird’s eye view of broken Britain
Broke, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds/Touring
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What does it mean to be broke in “broken Britain”? is the question posed in this play by Leeds-based company the Paper Birds.
Derived from verbatim interviews nationally with people in foodbanks and betting shops as well as single parents, it’s the first in a trilogy of plays about class. Yet while it is an investigation into debt and poverty, it never seeks to offer any solutions to such problems.
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