In the front of the programme for Kneehigh Theatre's summer programme - at the Asylum - the Artistic Director Mike Shepherd writes:
I write this in a state of shock and outrage at the duplicitous, Shakespearean shenanigans rattling Europe at the moment. It feels a much needed tonic to be embarking on another Asylum season.
Asylum: [a refuge, sanctuary, madhouse]
The deeper, wider meaning of the word 'asylum' has come sharply into focus in these troubling times. Our Asylum was always built to embrace and to celebrate 'one and all' ...
Well said, that man.
