Social cohesion and toxic masculinity are big topics confronted with verve by new writers through Live’s showcase Elevator festival
The topic of social housing seems to be in the theatrical zeitgeist. While the Crucible’s current musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge dramatises the history of Park Hill in Sheffield, Adam Hughes’s new play similarly explores the difficult legacy of the UK’s postwar housing estates. Set across Newcastle – which has witnessed countless demolitions and building projects since the 1950s – West End Girls chronicles three generations of women living in three different estates.
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