I just came back from a performance in the black hole. Most of the theatre here is ‘contemporary – that is to say post-modern with very little meaningful (in the usual sense) dialogue. But what I saw this evening was a major exception: it was dialogue-driven, written by Mark revenhill, and indeed derived most of it’s power from the dialogue. Ravenhil has a keen cynicism: he illustrates exactly how countries which invade countries in the name of freedom and democracy can be as despotic as any. There are scenes of utter barbarity in the name of freedom – we have a series of short sketches, all shot through with the same disgust at the current state of world affairs. this felt edgy, highly political and angry.

Argh, its late and I can’t explain myself, but this was the best (and longest, and most powerful) bit of theatre I have seen on campus. It reminded me of the sheer power of art/