Disasters on stage: why can't theatre hit mankind where it hurts? by Matt Trueman

Alien armies, incoming meteors, climate change ... Hollywood takes on global threats with gusto so why does theatre struggle?Under a vast black tarpaulin something is stirring. The plastic sheeting crackles like melting ice as it unfurls to reveal the thing beneath. In the middle of the stage is an enormous industrial robotic arm, the sort you see in car adverts. It looks like the clenched fist of a bionic arm: heavy…

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