“It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as folly”
Winston Churchill
A month after stating “we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that has got in the way of patient care”, the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in its 65-year history.
With wit, tenderness, and splashes of the surreal, Stella Feehily’s new play follows one family’s journey through the digestive system of the NHS, and asks: what’s the prognosis?
This production is supported by Frank and Elizabeth Brenan
An Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton co-production
Company
Cast Frances Ashman, Stephanie Cole, William Hope, Natalie Klamar, Hywel Morgan, Brian Protheroe, Jane Wymark & Tristram Wymark
Writer Stella Feehily
Director Max Stafford-Clark
Reviews
This May Hurt a Bit
★★★★
"Max Stafford-Clark's direction is masterly"
The Observer
This May Hurt a Bit
★★★★
"Stella Feehily's passionate, urgently topical play"
The Guardian
This May Hurt a Bit
"As agit-prop theatre goes… must surely rank as one of the most stylish ever staged"
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