Bread and Circuses, a new play by Merseyside writer Mari Lloyd will premiere at The Lantern Theatre Liverpool to coincide with the Queen’s official birthday.
Set in 2012 it’s a play that looks behind the flag waving of public celebration to reveal a world where there may be circuses, but the bread is definitely in short supply.
The performances will take place at 8pm Lantern Theatre on 9th, 10th and 11th June
The show will incorporate photographs on inequality by photojournalist Colin McPherson from the nationally acclaimed A 41 project.
In 2012 Britain not only celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and hosted the Olympic Games but was also experiencing one of the worst periods of inequality since the Second World War. Bread and Circuses creates a world of banquets and food banks, tabloid scandal and social isolation, celebrity adoration and unrequited love. Shards of life that show society from a different angle.
‘Bread and Circuses doesn’t attempt to answer questions but to show life. Some things connect us all; and sadly some things haven’t changed’, said Mari Lloyd
Bread and circuses is written by Mari Lloyd and directed by Rob Henderson. Assistant director Lydia Searle.