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A Fine Idea review – international development drama laden with number-crunching by Arifa Akbar

Arcola theatre, London Despite some strong satire, there is too much telling and not enough showing in Christine Bacon’s play exploring global inequalityThis play about the ethics of international development in the global south is a response to a book on world poverty. Playwright Christine Bacon, who is also co-artistic director of human rights theatre company ice&fire, has taken Jason Hickel’s The Divide to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:55am on June 17, 2026

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