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March 8, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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The Play’s The Thing

What Happens When Theatre Gets Censored
An image of a man with gaffer tape over his mouth

Venue:

Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Tickets:
£5
Book

Box Office:

Mercury Theatre
01206 573948

Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine, in discussion with actors from the Globe theatre around the world project and artistic director of The Gate theatre, Ellen McDougall.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of an era, when all plays had to be signed off by the British Lord Chamberlain before performance, the panel will discuss why we should worry about censorship of what we see on stage, and how words and ideas are restricted around the world and in the UK today.

Part of Essex Book Festival and Index on Censorship’s UNSPEAKABLE on Friday 8 March: a day of challenging and illuminating conversations, performance, exhibitions and workshops hosted by the University of Essex, that explores historic and contemporary issues of censorship, no-platforming, freedom of speech, and taboos.

 

Writer-in-residence at Metal, Chalkwell Hall

During Essex Book Festival 2019, Dean Atta will be in residence at the Pop-Up Essex Writers House, at Metal in Southend. Find out more at www.essexwritershouse.co.uk

Dean Atta’s poetry is as honest as truth itself Benjamin Zephaniah

 

 

 

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Venue

Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Venue website
01206 873261

Accessibility at Lakeside Theatre

Disabled customers who require a carer are entitled to one complimentary ticket with their ticket purchase.

Wheelchair Users

Customers who require a wheelchair space are requested to let the Box Office know as far in advance of a production as possible. We are fully accessible from the main entrance. We have an accessibility lift to all floors and we can accommodate up to 4 wheelchair users in the main auditorium and 2 in the studio. There is limited disabled parking at the stage door for Blue Badge holders, please let us know in advance if you require it by calling 01206 873288 or emailing arts@essex.ac.uk. The Valley Road car park opposite Lakeside Theatre has disabled parking bays for Blue Badge Holders. There is a distance of 50 metres on a slight hill between the car park and the theatre entrance.

Visually Impaired and Hard of Hearing/d/Deaf

We welcome Assistance Dogs at all performances, please inform us when booking. An infrared enhancement system is available in the main auditorium at all performances. Our system is suitable for use with a hearing aid with a T setting. Please let us know of any requirements you or anyone in your party may have. We will do all we can to make your visit as enjoyable as possible. For more information about access at Lakeside Theatre please email arts@essex.ac.uk or call our office on 01206 873261.

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