If You Don't Let Us Dream We Won't Let You Sleep, Royal Court, London
Anders Lustgarten's play begins, promisingly enough, as a dystopian satire which takes us on a darkly absurd extrapolation of the "market knows best" approach to austerity. A government official (played by Meera Syal) meets with business representatives to discuss a new proposal. The financially burdensome culture of dependency can be eradicated, they decide, by the introduction of "Unity Bonds" that will give th…