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Gandhi’s killer is more loveable than his victim: The Father and the Assassin reviewed

Plus: everyone in local government should see this play about Grenfell Tower (but they won’t)

Paul Bazely as Gandhi and Shubham as Nathuram Godse in The Father and the Assassin. Credit: Marc Brenner 
issue 11 June 2022
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  • Dictating to the Estate

    Maxilla Social Club, until 12 June

  • The Father and the Assassin

    Olivier Theatre, until 18 June

Dictating to the Estate is a piece of community theatre that explains why Grenfell Tower went up in flames on 14 June 2017. The abandoned block stands, like a cenotaph, a few minutes’ walk from the social club where the show is presented.

The local council never cared much for Grenfell’s 120 families.

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