THE ANGRY BRIGADE
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“It’s coming. To the streets of London. The flames are going to rise.”
‘The Angry Brigade’ was a small cell of left-wing, anti-elitist urban guerillas in 1970s Britain. They emerged in a society blighted by government cuts, high unemployment, austerity measures and deregulation, at a time of global political and cultural upheaval: riots and revolutions, the black-power and women’s lib movements, protests against the war in Vietnam.
Carrying out a series of bombings that targeted property rather than people, they attacked high-profile symbols of the ‘class enemy’: the Embassies of far-right regimes, the homes of Conservative MPs, banks, police stations – even the BBC’s outside broadcast unit covering the Miss World pageant.
Blending fact and fiction, this whip-smart comedy-thriller focuses on the opposing sides of the conflict. In a basement office at Scotland Yard, four police officers are trying to work out who’s blowing up high-profile targets. In a filthy squat in north London, four young anarchists are plotting the revolution. But perspectives shift and change with unexpected outcomes.
This sharp, funny look at political activism poses questions that are both topical and relevant: when does one person’s freedom fighter become another person’s terrorist? And what is the tipping point that turns anger into armed protest?
Neither a history play nor a biopic, it rather sheds light on our contemporary times, with many social, economic and political similarities between the two periods, and investigates the nature of protest and of political discontent.
“An explosive account of ideological war” The Guardian
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Great acting, the production maintained interest even though it was a long show.
Well acted tough political drama that has you thinking in depth about the police and the urban rebels.
Fantastically powerful and funny story line. Don’t know how the actors could go for 3 hours at that pace and still delivered magnificent performances.
Funny and relevant, did drag a little in places but overall kept me engaged. Had a couple of genuine laugh out loud moments and the acting was solid, especially the actor who played the lead cop.