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Another World: Losing Our Children to Islamic State

The kind of verbatim piece for which the Tricycle Theatre became famous when Nicolas Kent ran it.

April 22, 2016 09:45

By

John Nathan,

John Nathan

1 min read

Nicolas Kent and Gillian Slovo have teamed up for the kind of verbatim piece for which the Tricycle Theatre became famous when Kent ran it.

The interviewees here include mothers of Molenbeek, that deprived area of Brussels associated with Islamic terrorism. This production builds a picture of what it's like to be a Muslim mother whose children see a better future with Islamic State than they do in their home country – or indeed, their home.

There are also some lively conversations with Tower Hamlets Muslim teenagers about what it's like to feel implicated by the actions of terrorists and, in between, some analysis by experts on what makes radical Islam tick.

But the nature of these kinds of play is that no one is challenged. As if recognising this, Kent's production at times places speakers so that some of their monologues appear to be directed at one another.