The Old Oak In cinemas September 29 What is expected to be the final movie by Ken Loach is set in a former mining village where the arrival of Syrian refugees gives the option of racial tension or class solidarity. https://tinyurl.com/22k6dpua


Lamacq. Expect anti-Thatcher toe- tappers such as Kick Out the Tories. https://tinyurl.com/2yee8ocy


Theatre > Boys from the Blackstuff Royal Court, Liverpool September 15-October 28 Alan Bleasdale’s peerless study of Thatcher-era poverty in Liverpool is adapted for the stage by political drama specialist James Graham, whose comedy Quiz, about Charles Ingram (the Coughing Major), is touring the UK. https://tinyurl.com/29v24yp2


Music > The Newtown Neurotics 100 Club, London September 5 The political punks reunite to play alongside a screening of Kick Out! – The Newtown Neurotics Story, a documentary featuring journalist Garry Bushell and journalist-turned-DJ Steve


Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh August 25-October 14 In Peter Arnott’s play, set during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, a political heavyweight and his former students come to terms with forces that shaped the country. https://tinyurl.com/23387aml


Spotlight > Politics in a crisis


As an investigations correspondent for the Guardian, Harry Davies has worked on stories such as the 2022 Uber files and the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. He has also found


time to double as a dramatist and, perhaps unsurprisingly, his latest play is set in the world of politics. Staged in Chichester,


The Inquiry is about a secretary of state for justice whose career is threatened by the publication of a report into a health disaster. “It’s a political thriller about a public health


crisis,” says director Joanna Bowman. “It’s Ibsen meets Annie Baker meets House of Cards.” The Inquiry is about


a clash of politics, justice and ambition. Coming close on the heels of partygate and as the UK Covid-19


inquiry gets into gear, it could hardly be more topical. Bowman, who is


based in Glasgow, is attracted to work that feels “politically necessary”. “For me, theatre isn’t about sitting in the audience thinking, ‘Do I need to change the way I am?’ ” she says. “It’s about reminding


ourselves that the best ways of living are communal and communitarian. “Theatre is one of


the few places where we come together and imagine together.” The Inquiry,


Chichester Festival Theatre, October 13-November 4 https://tinyurl. com/23z76q6g


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