{"id":69497,"date":"2015-09-18T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=69497"},"modified":"2017-03-23T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T13:18:27","slug":"8-oct-the-elephant-in-the-room-parallels-between-martyr-and-homegrown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=69497","title":{"rendered":"8 Oct: The elephant in the room: parallels between Martyr and Homegrown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are censorship and self-censorship taking place in the UK right now?<\/p>\n

Following Index\u2019s work on art and offence, and our recent publication of guidance<\/a> on staging controversial productions, join us to debate\u00a0free speech, tolerance and extremism.<\/p>\n

The debate\u00a0follows\u00a0a performance of Martyr<\/strong>, a play produced by ATC and the Unicorn Theatre. About\u00a0a schoolboy who decides to become an ‘extremist’ Christian, and his subsequent clash with his radical-secular school teacher, Martyr explores how far one will go for what they believe in?<\/p>\n

Homegrown<\/strong> was a play that sought to explore Islamic radicalisation among young people in the United Kingdom. The National Youth Theatre, the producers, said that \u201cthe subject matter of this play, its immersive form and its staging in a school required us to go beyond our usual stringent safeguarding procedures\u201d. Apparently worried about the \u201ccreative and personal development of the young people\u201d involved – the show was cancelled.<\/p>\n

The discussion will feature:<\/p>\n