The Bombing Of The Grand Hotel

The attempted assassination of Margaret Thatcher in Brighton, 1984 and the unlikely relationship it triggered..

1984. The height of Thatcher's power.

30lbs of gelignite rip through 6 floors of the Grand Hotel Brighton, shattering the Tory party conference. The most shocking attack on the British Government since Guy Fawkes.

This visceral new history play tells the story of the unlikely relationship between Pat Magee, who planted the bomb, and Jo Berry, whose father was killed in the blast. It asks if violence plays an inevitable part in the journey from civil conflict towards peace.

Developed with the support and co-operation of Jo Berry and Pat Magee, the play attempts to map the political pressures and personal triggers surrounding a key moment of extreme public violence within a continuing struggle for change

As Jo and Pat attempt to see the world through one another's eyes, can personal reconciliation ever make a difference?