A Hero of the People

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Do you know what I believe in I believe in us. Me and you, right here. This town was once an incredible place. We have to have courage to fight for it again. Hero or enemy Who can actually tell the difference Everything is going to be fine, better than fine, in fact theres nothing that cant be achieved if everyone just believes a little. Thats what the towns MP, Mick, thinks. Hes optimistic, positively boosterish about his plan for the town. He just wants the naysayers to pipe down. But theres a problem. His sister, Dr Rhiannon Powell, has discovered that the project appears to be polluting the towns water supply. Mick sold the town a story about the future, but what will happen when reality looks to tear that story apart Is Mick a hero of the people, or is he in fact their enemy Brad Birchs bold new reimagining of Ibsens An Enemy of the People pits the personal against the political and facts against emotion. A Hero of the People is a gripping contemporary drama for our times.

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Brad Birchs pared-down, bitterly amusing take is like a radically rethought cover of a song...The framework is there, but it accommodates lots of new stuff, too. * Star Tribune *
Brad Birch's new adaptation breaks the work open in new and provocative ways ... a true tale for our time. * Pioneer Press *

Author Bio

Brad Birch's theatre work includes Black Mountain for Paines Plough, Theatr Clwyd and the Orange Tree; This Must be the Place for Poleroid at the VAULT Festival; The Brink at the Orange Tree; The Endless Ocean at the RWCMD; Tender Bolus at the Royal Exchange and Schauspielhaus, Hamburg; Gardening for the Unfulfilled and Alienated for Undeb at the Edinburgh Festival; Soap Opera, Where the Shot Rabbits Lay and Permafrost at the Royal Court; Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall at Soho Theatre; Light Arrested Between the Curtain and the Glass at Sherman Cymru. He won the Pick of the Year Award at the VAULT festival in 2017, the Harold Pinter Commission in 2016 and the Fringe First Award in 2013. He is currently under commission at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court.