A play that attempts to show human trafficking as it exists today in the UK - in all its forms - a huge task but it is very succesful. Three of the twenty or so actors address the audience directly- they stand in for real people- an ex MP who has taken up the cause and two women of the Poppy Project. They are very effective; you want to donate money by the end.
It's necessarily complicated but it does focus on a handful of very different stories with which the audience can connect. Excellent acting, brilliant direction, quite moving: one moment brought me close to tears.
With a cast of 14 and definately made for an adult audience, it would not suit rural touring.
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