Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry (Modern Plays)

Norton-Taylor, Richard

ISBN 10: 1350268259 / ISBN 13: 9781350268258

Published by Methuen Drama, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry (Modern Plays)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350268259
• ISBN 13: 9781350268258
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry is a verbatim reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Using only the words spoken at the Inquiry, the play deals predominantly with Part 2 which ran between January 2020 - July 2021 in which evidence was heard from those responsible for the disastrous refurbishment of Grenfell Tower before the tragic fire.

Edited by Richard Norton-Taylor and directed by Nicholas Kent, the team behind previous testimonial plays The Colour of Justice: The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry, this edited verbatim account of the Grenfell Inquiry is aimed at giving the public an overview and access to some of the most important evidence.

The play shows how companies involved in the refurbishment of the Tower conspired to cover up what they knew about the dangerous and life-threatening materials used to refurbish the Tower. It also reveals the incompetence and neglect of local authorities.

Staged in Notting Hill Tabernacle in October 2021, this features the full text of the play alongside additional information on the context of Grenfell and the ongoing inquiry.

About the Author

Richard Norton-Taylor is an editor, journalist and playwright, known for his work in documentary theatre. Several of his plays are based on transcripts of public enquiries, among them The Colour of Justice (Tricycle Theatre, 1999).