• Martin Hughes

  Saw the play about Grunwick last night. Thoroughly brilliant and congratulations on reviving this important passage of history. Having participated in the mass picket at Grunwick this had particular resonance for me.

• Ray Newton

  I was lucky enough to see the show last might in Hertford and I loved it. It was my kind of theatre entertaining and informative with lots of multi role playing, comedy and serious business all put together wityh the background of a human story. While I was watching to suddenly dawned on me that Grunwick is part of a much bigger story. The failure of the TUC and the Labour government to back the strikers I fear had an important imact on the Thatcher government that followed that Labour administration. Looking back the lessons Thatcher learned from Grunwick helped her to formulate policies that helped to destroy the unions. She with the aid of the right wing press and people like Murdoch in the Canary Wharf dispute helped her to put together strategies that helped her to destroy the union movement by picking them of one by one. It culminated with the decimation of the miners union in the miners strike. It has left us with few powerful unions and zero hours contracts which adly and for reasons I still don't understand are widely accepted by the working population. I would love to see a play about that including deregulation of the financial system and neocon economic policies which have made the rich richer and the poor poorer. I would love to see a play about that. A tall order I admit, but one perhaps worth exploring. Have a gret end to the run.
  Ray Newton
  PS I am the guy who approached Neil at the end of last night's performance.

• Alan York

  Brilliant. I'm proud to say I was there as part of B'ham NUPE delegation on several mass pickets. The police brutality was an eye opener to me which I'm not sure was fully covered in the performance however overall the Coventry performance brought me to tears. Medhavi did Jayaben proud

• Steve Randall

  A brilliant production of we are the Lions... at Wortley on Wednesday. Thank you

• CasiOvema

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• Chris Bailey

  Hi All, Wonderful performance of 'we are the lions' in Luton last night. Thank you all so much. Looking forward to the RTP in the Autumn.

• Debbie Gaze

  Saw you at Diss Corn Hall and it was amazing - well done and thank you

• promila thomas

  I enjoyed the performance immensely. Especially the fact that the responsibility for the whole play lay on the shoulders of just two highly emotive performers. Medhavi Patel was an apt choice. Additionally, the Scriptwriting and Musical skills of Neil Gore served as the most delicious icing on the cake. Last but not the least, the play owes it's well-deserved victory to the Directoral genius of Louise Townsend making excellent use of the audience participation. A very big Congratulations to all the Team!

• Martin T

  Saw this production in Sheffield. Great writing and heartfelt and compelling performance by Neil Gore & Medhavi Patel. Wonderful. We were there with Mrs Desai. As students we had supported the women. It wasincrediblymoving to sit with the whole struggle reinforcing indelibythe impact that the strike, countrywide support for this struggle for human rights. equal pay for women and respectful and dignified treatment employees, the ensuing struggle, even till todaystrugglewas so uniquely initiated the factory and such utterly sefflesscommitted action by jayaben Desai and striking women. It was truly uplifting and reinforced that inspiring energy we experienced as students, creating support, putting up posters, supporting coaches leaving Lancashire and Yorkshireto give their support at that time. This production is so important to tell the whole story.

• Carol Wood

  Great production. Had me moved to tears by the end. The way you brought it to the stage is amazing.

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