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Acute parliamentary question from Fritz
The playwright’s interrogation of why people are driven to acts of terrorism is a pressing one for those in power, says PAUL FOLEY

Parliament Square
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

WHAT drives someone to commit an act of complete desperation in the hope that it will change things for the better? Given the senseless events that have happened at Manchester Arena and elsewhere so far this year, that simple question, posed in James Fritz’s Parliament Square, makes it a timely and necessary play.

Its protagonist, Kat, can no longer sit by and watch the world descend into chaos. The relentless despair pouring form the news bulletins has seeped into her bones.

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