Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Burnished bigotries

Punk Rock<br /> Lyric Hammersmith Judgment Day<br /> Almeida

issue 19 September 2009

Punk Rock
Lyric Hammersmith

Judgment Day
Almeida

In rolls another bandwagon. And who’s that on board? It’s Simon Stephens, the playwright and panic profiteer, who likes to cadge a ride from any passing controversy. His latest play is about a teenage psycho who enacts a gory shoot-out at his local school.

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