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12 September 2011

Theatre review: Decade

This 9/11 drama neglects the non-western perspective.

By Gina Allum

In the States 911 is, of course, the number you dial in an emergency. Ironies like this one bubble and cluster in Decade, the theatrical response to the 9/11 anniversary: the “Never Forget” souvenir pins that are “end of line”; the prickly British Muslim who explains “Islam means peace: what the fuck you looking at?”

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