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Fatherland: look back in anger, love and pride by Lyn Gardner

Simon Stephens grew up in Stockport, and couldn't wait to leave. Now he has built a verbatim show, with Underworld musician Karl Hyde and director Scott Graham, about returning home " and putting yourself in your father's place"I'm at that age," says Simon Stephens. "When I look in the mirror, I see my dad looking back at me. And whenever I go back to my home town, I realise Stockport's thumbprints are all over me."W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM on June 16, 2017

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