Review into cancellation of Manchester play avoids ‘deeper accountability’
A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songsA review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a censorship row has been criticised by a major arts union for avoiding “deeper accountability”.The play had been due to run at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester in September last year but was pulled in a dispute over one of the production’s songs, which referenced transgender rights and contained the phrase “free Palestine”. Continue reading...
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A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songs
A review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a censorship row has been criticised by a major arts union for avoiding “deeper accountability”.
The play had been due to run at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester in September last year but was pulled in a dispute over one of the production’s songs, which referenced transgender rights and contained the phrase “free Palestine”. Continue reading...
