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Praise for Failed States

'an extraordinary rendition'

Financial Times awards ***** five stars

"a superb piece of music theatre"

British Theatre Guide ***** five stars

"sublime"

Broadwaybaby.com ***** five stars

"a thrill to watch"

Guardian **** four stars

"Superb”

Time Out (**** four stars and Critics’ Choice)

“An intelligent, ambitious polemic against the British anti-terror laws… as gripping as good TV drama”

The Stage

“A brilliant new production"

Lord David Alton of Liverpool, writing in The Universe

News
 

^{NEW SHOW: SLOW MOTION SUICIDE: Andrew Taylor and Desmond O'Connor (writers of Failed States and co-founders of 1215 Productions) have been commissioned by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama to develop their new musical Slow Motion Suicide. Many thanks to RSAMD and Perfect Pitch for enabling this exciting collaboration to take place. Watch this space for further details as the project unfolds!}

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^{Failed States wins at the Edinburgh Fringe: Best Lyricist and Best Book in the Musical Theatre Matters Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards (run in association with The Scotsman Fringe Firsts) >Details}

Failed States

^{Inspired by The Trial, FAILED STATES projects Kafka's nightmare scenario into a country fixated by the threat of suicide bombers and the promise of control orders, counter-terrorism and a war on terror.  The play follows the journey of Joseph, an American businessman in London, whose life is torn apart when he is arrested for terrorist offences he claims he did not commit.  An inventive mix of humour, song and satire, FAILED STATES cannot help but challenge and entertain.}

^{·    FAILED STATES is 1215's new darkly comic political musical, written by Andrew Taylor and Desmond O'Connor}

^{·    Click here to learn more about  the genesis and political rationale of this innovative new work}