A Fine Idea review – international development drama laden with number-crunching (opens in new tab)

Arcola theatre, London Despite some strong satire, there is too much telling and not enough showing in Christine Bacon’s play exploring global inequalityThis play about the ethics of international development in the global south is a response to a book on world poverty. Playwright Christine Bacon, who is also co-artistic director of human rights theatre company to show how development agencies from the west may mean well but in practice can perpetuate inequality and suffering rather than alle...