Review: Controversial play provides food for thoughtSupplied Edwin Wright plays Anders Breivik in controversial play Manifesto 2083.ReviewWhat: Manifesto 2083Where: Theatre Royal, TSB ShowplaceWhen Saturday, August 26Reviewed by: Andrew OwenEdwin Wright was in New Plymouth not so long ago with the play Everest Untold, in which he played New Zealand climber George Lowe, looking back on the heroic achievement that put his name in the history books. Actor Olaf Højgaard (Wright) is to play Breivik and has got hold of a copy of the manifesto. Manifesto 2083 is a controversial play, to say the very least, and it throws up all sorts of questions about censorship, politics, and the world around us. One critic refused to review it, arguing that she didn't want to give a mass murderer more airtime. What's more chilling is the warning within the play, that Breivik's warped ideals are growing in popularity among some regions of Europe.

Source: Stuff August 27, 2017 04:16 UTC