Theatre 503, LondonMichael McLean gets under the skin of his characters' lives in Skelmersdale but his play skimps on the bigger pictureWhat happened to the social utopias of the 1960s, built to relieve urban pressure and create model housing? In his new play Michael McLean focuses on Skelmersdale, not far from Liverpool and proudly designated a "new town" in 1961. But, while McLean paints a vivid picture of failed i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM on January 31, 2017