Any politician who talks blithely of “deregulation” or a “bonfire” of red tape should be forced to see this powerful piece of verbatim theatre, drawn from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.
Director Nicolas Kent and adapter Richard Norton-Taylor attribute the 72 deaths in the 2017 conflagration to sharp practice by those who refurbished the building, and official incompetence: but also to the paring back of safety controls and defunding of the emergency services. It’s an evening to fill you with cold rage.
