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Gillian Slovo is a South African born novelist, playwright and memoirist. Her work for the theatre includes Grenfell: in the words of survivors (National Theatre, London, 2023), a verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.<p>'Moving, heartfelt and important... a powerful piece of verbatim theatre that demands empathy, not sympathy'</p>
Evening Standard
<p>'An engulfing experience... harrowing but not sensational... Slovo's play is new and important. It is not only that she uses the words of survivors; it's that they are her collaborators. The result is an inquiry of the best sort – the most humane kind – on stage'</p>
Observer
<p>'A tour de force... deeply humane... infinitely more meaningful than dispassionate news footage... a tremendous piece of theatre'</p>
Time Out
<p>'Gripping... shocking... piles up devastating detail... an ensemble masterpiece'</p>
Guardian
<p>'Powerful'</p>
Telegraph
<p>'A visceral insight into a human tragedy'</p>
The Times
<p>'A powerful and necessary polemic... The details clutch at the throat and the heart... an urgent call to arms'</p>
The Stage
<p>'Powerful and harrowing... But alongside the anger, there is love'</p>
WhatsOnStage
<p>'Devastating'</p>
iNews
<p>'Terrifying'</p>
Broadway World
<p>'A masterpiece... verbatim theatre delivered to wrenching effect... The details are indelible'</p>
Arts Desk
<p>'Short, powerful, and fully relevant to current Britain... verbatim theatre at its best... a valuable resource for older students who wish to learn to use a verbatim approach for their own devised examination performances'</p>
Drama Magazine