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The week in theatre: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors; Cuckoo; The Sound of Music – review

Gillian Slovo’s new verbatim play about the 2017 tragedy is overpowering theatre that doubles as activism; a comedy of iPhone-fixated family dysfunction is hilariously relatable; and the hills are alive again

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell – in the words of survivors at the National Theatre review: moving, heartfelt and important

The ensemble cast performs with a quietly furious intensity

Evening Standard

Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened

Gillian Slovo’s play at National Theatre uses words of survivors of 2017 fire at west London tower block

The Guardian - UK

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Help to buy has trapped me in an unsellable cladded flat

My block failed a fire safety inspection after Grenfell, but the scheme won’t allow me to buy a second property

The Guardian - UK

Anger at Grenfell sprinkler delays which are fitted in just one in FIVE tower blocks

The cost of sprinklers is estimated at £500,000 per block. Birmingham City Council has spent £93million on 181 systems in its stock of 188 high-rises – 64% of the sprinkler installations in the survey.

Daily Mirror

Grenfell families call for ‘accountability’ at Glastonbury Festival talk

Members of Grenfell United spoke at the festival’s Left Field tent on Sunday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Grenfell anniversary marked by emotional vigils and poignant embrace with firefighters

The anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster was marked with protests up and down the country, with firefighters forming a guard of honour at one survivors' march in London

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OPINION - Sir Paul McCartney should carry on using AI to finish John Lennon’s songs

In the weeks after the Grenfell disaster, the radio was full of ballads, big mournful songs which were sequenced in attempts to give distance and pay respects (DJs don’t really cope well with events as disrupting as this).

Evening Standard

'I survived Grenfell fire and little has changed - the perpetrators should be locked up'

Edward Daffarn was on the 16th floor of the 24-storey building when it went up in flames on June 14, 2018. He feels that residents have been abandoned in the six years that have passed

Daily Mirror

Grenfell: six years on — ‘we still have to face the traumas of the fire every day’

Today marks 72 months since London woke up to the news of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. For the survivors, the tower continues to cast a heavy shadow over their lives — Katie Strick speaks to them and finds a community still seeking answers

Evening Standard

Anger over ‘unresolved strands’: ‘We should not be in this situation six years after Grenfell’

An annual silent walk will take place in memory of those who died, with people encouraged to wear green to show they are united for justice

The Independent UK

‘Frustration over lack of change six years on from Grenfell is turning to anger’

An annual silent walk will take place in memory of those who died, with people encouraged to wear green to show they are united for justice.

The Independent UK

Bosses flaunt wealth while firms won't sign pledge to fix safety issues in tower blocks

Developers Dandara, Abbey New Homes and Rydon declined to sign a government pledge to strip over 1,000 high-rises of flammable materials to prevent another possible Grenfell tragedy

Daily Mirror

Steve McQueen voices ‘dismay’ after MPs snub Grenfell Tower film invitation

Award-winning British artist says lack of politicians’ response to attend a screening speaks volumes about ‘what is happening in this country’

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On my radar: Sheena Patel’s cultural highlights

The writer and director on a blockbuster biography of Jean Rhys, Steve McQueen’s Grenfell film and the car crash brilliance of US comedy Search Party

Daily Mirror

Grenfell Tower survivors perspective shared in new National Theatre play

A new play from the National Theatre will be staged in London to share the stories of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster with real shared experiences from the survivors

Evening Standard

Steve McQueen: Grenfell at Serpentine South Gallery review: you must see this film

This relentless, devastating, surveillance-style approach feels necessary. Nothing happens, and nothing needs to: you just have the evidence

Daily Mirror

Horrific 24-minute Grenfell disaster film will leave viewers disturbed, director warns

After filming footage from a helicopter in the months following the deadly blaze at Grenfell six years ago, Steve McQueen's thought-provoking 24-minute film features no words or music

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The Independent UK

Steve McQueen: My Grenfell art is to ensure what happened is never forgotten

The film will go on public view in April following a period of community outreach and private community viewings.

The Guardian - UK

‘People will be disturbed’: Steve McQueen on airing his Grenfell film

Exclusive: Director says it is finally time to screen haunting footage as community awaits inquiry findings

Daily Mirror

Council confiscates couple's doormat 'because of Grenfell' and demands £20 to get it back

Inspectors paid a visit to the flat in Brighton, Sussex, and removed the doormat "in line with national fire safety regulations" before they eventually backed down

Evening Standard

Ex-Prime Minister Theresa May writing ‘Abuse of Power’ book

The book will touch on the Hillsborough and Grenfell tragedies and the Daniel Morgan case

The Guardian - UK

Gove threatens housebuilders in row over post-Grenfell safety fittings

Exclusive: Developers furious at minister’s public chivvying over contracts they say they have yet to receive

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell: System Failure review – sobering unpicking of a tragedy

Writer Richard Norton-Taylor and director Nicolas Kent’s almost anti-theatrical play uses residents’ testimonies and gives the bereaved a much-needed voice

Evening Standard

OPINION - The writer of two plays about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on why theatre can help us make sense of it all

As our second verbatim play taken from the transcripts of the inquiry opens, we find that little has changed. It’s time it did

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