Past Events
- The Institute of Ideas and Soho Theatre present
- The Right To Be Offensive
- does anything go in the arts?
- Date: March 30, 2005
- Time: 9pm
- Tickets: £5 (£3 concs)
- Booking: Call Soho Theatre on 0870 429 6883
A Round Table Rumble on censorship and creative licence following the controversies over Behzti, the play that closed in Birmingham following protests by Sikhs, and the screening Jerry Springer the Opera on BBC television.
Panel:
- Dominic Cavendish
- Daily Telegraph theatre critic, and founding editor theatreVOICE
- Nick Cohen
- the Observer
- Johann Hari
- the Independent
- Munira Mirza
- researcher in cultural policy, University of Kent
- Ben Payne
- associate director, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- Rachel Wagstaff
- Young Writer for the Royal Court and Soho Theatre
- Dolan Cummings
- Institute of Ideas, editor, Culture Wars