Arcola, LondonIdiosyncratic, defiant and distinctive are all words that apply to this agit-prop musical, and they might also be used to describe the Arcola and director Mehmet Ergen, who stages Marc Blitzstein's 1937 piece about corporate greed and unionisation as the theatre's swansong in its current premises. Set in the fictional Steeltown, where wealthy steel magnate Mr Mister rules supreme by denying his workers …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PM on November 28, 2010