Half of the UK population born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Considering this figure, cancer rarely features as the primary subject matter in theatre, though last year there were several productions that put it at the forefront. I caught two of them in Edinburgh: The Eulogy of Toby Peach and Goodstock. James Hartnell's debut play, Beetles From the West, is also driven by a diagnosis.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:05PM on February 14, 2016