Grenfell: in the words of survivors review

Based on interviews with survivors of the fire, this ‘gripping’ play uncovers the failures that caused it

A theatrical ‘tour de force’: Nahel Tzegai as Turufat Yilma Girma
A theatrical ‘tour de force’: Nahel Tzegai as Turufat Yilma Girma
(Image credit: Myah Jeffers/National Theatre)

A “masterpiece of forensic fury”, said Mark Lawson in The Guardian, this “verbatim” play is based on writer Gillian Slovo’s interviews with survivors of the 2017 Grenfell fire and the relatives of some of the 72 people who died in the tower block, excerpts from the public inquiry transcripts, and previous interviews. Staged with stark simplicity and exemplary control, it “piles up devastating detail” and “shockingly lays bare the abject failures” that led to the disaster.

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