Culture: A Play That Rose From the Ashes ; Coventry Writer Chris O'connell Talks to Terry Grimley About His New Piece On Urban Regeneraton.
Birmingham Post › October 28, 2004
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Coventry's attempts to reinvent itself have just been under the spotlight, with its ambitious regeneration project, the Phoenix Initiative, giving the Gherkin a run for its money for the Stirling Prize.
So it seems like good timing for the Belgrade Theatre to unveil a new play about regeneration called Tall Phoenix. Except that its author, Chris O'Connell, seems almost painfully anxious to emphasise that this is not a play about Coventry.See the full content of this document
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Culture: A Play That Rose From the Ashes ; Coventry Writer Chris O'connell Talks to Terry Grimley About His New Piece On Urban Regeneraton.
In fact, it was originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
'It was a commission from the previous regime, before Michael Boyd took over,' O'Connell explains. 'For various reasons they c...See the full content of this document
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