The Beanfield Tickets
5 (1) · Contemporary, Fringe Theatre
It's been 30 years since the Battle of the Beanfield – a brutal crackdown on the annual Stonehenge Free Festival. Called away from policing the miners' strike, officers enforced an injunction around the ancient stones with bloody violence and mass arrests.
Overview
Armed with a camera, a map and home-made riot gear, Breach set out to mark the anniversary with a historical re-enactment.
Onstage, the same performers try to capture the 2015 Stonehenge summer solstice: there's hot dog stands, Hare Krishnas and MDMA-fuelled raving, as a group of young people try to connect – but it all feels a bit fake.
Blending documentary footage with new writing, Breach presents a multimedia show about state violence and national heritage, in ‘a new kind of fusion theatre’ (Matt Trueman).
Critic reviews
Very funny… genuinely unsettling
· The Stage
A truncheoning force
· The Sunday Times
Theatrically ambitious and boldly political
· Guardian
Date & time
Show ended
Tue 5 Apr - Thu 21 Apr, Mon - Sat, 8.45pm.
Runtime: 0 hr 55 mins
Venue
Lavender Hill, Battersea SW11 5TN London, UK
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