LUNG in association with The Lowry and Battersea Arts Centre present

chilcot

★★★★

The Stage / Guardian

Chilcot

'On Thursday the bombing started. The siren sounded and I knew. Yeah, that's war.' 

On 20 March 2003, Tony Blair declared that Britain was at war. A nation collapsed, tens of thousands were killed and Islamic State was born. Tasked with exploring Britain’s role in the Iraq War, the evidence presented to the Chilcot Inquiry was devastating and stark.

Drawing together testimonies from leading political players with the forgotten voices of veterans, families who lost relatives and Iraqi refugees, this pertinent and bold piece of documentary theatre investigates the biggest foreign policy disaster in modern times and the accountability of those who have power over us.

  • Jonathan Coote
    Souad Faress
    Sanchia McCormack
    Gary Pillai
    Raad Rawi
    Thomas Wheatley

  • Sound designer
    Owen Crouch

    Set / costume designer
    James Donnelly

    Producer
    Sarah Georgeson

    Assistant Producer.
    Christabel Holmes

    Video and Lighting Designer
    Will Monks

    Writers
    Richard Norton-Taylor & Matt Woodhead

    Director
    Matt Woodhead

  • Chilcot was commissioned by The Lowry and Battersea Arts Centre. It was developed with the support of the National Theatre Studio.

  • 'a sobering insight into the mistakes of our past, and its lessons for the future'

    ★★★★

    The Stage

  • "devastating"

    ★★★★

    The Guardian
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Photo Credits : Joe Twigg

Photo Credits : Joe Twigg

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'A kind of tragedy': why we turned the Chilcot Iraq inquiry into a play

As the Chilcot inquiry prepares to report, a Guardian writer explains why he co-created a play out of its astonishing testimony

Read The Full article at The Guardian

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