THE ARREST OF AI WEIWEI

Excellent... like a mix of Kafka and Beckett. - The GuardianA timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate.On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely t hat his travel could damage state security, he was escorted to a van by officials, after which he disappeared for eighty-one days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion.Howard Brenton's play is based on Ai Weiwei's a ccount in ...[Read more]