The production, a theatrical response to Jason Hickel’s bestseller The Divide, will run at the Arcola Theatre from the 10th June until the 4th July.
Human Rights theatre company ice&fire to premiere A Fine Idea which is set to officially open at the Arcola Theatre on the 15th June.
Written by its co-Artistic Director Christine Bacon and directed by Charlotte Westernra, the play is inspired by Jason Hickel’s The Divide.
It’s 2026. After years circling the globe delivering aid, Jo has built a career supporting those most in need — a good person doing good things.
But 75 years after her grandfather got the idea of “international development” into President Truman’s inaugural speech, global inequality is worse than ever. Eight billionaires now hold the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity.
And when Jo meets an activist who is fighting with her life for her nation’s future, she can’t shake the feeling that the system she passionately believes in might be part of the problem.
Talking about the news, Christine Bacon, writer and co-Artistic Director of ice&fire said: “At ice&fire we are motivated by working towards a world where human rights matter. Reading The Divide essentially re-wired my brain and left me reeling with the scale of global inequality, but also with my own ignorance about the forces behind it. Bringing this story to the stage invites a non-specialist audience into that expansive conversation and into a story that challenges us to rethink some of our culture’s most widely held beliefs about charity and justice.”
To book tickets visit: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/a-fine-idea/