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About This Evil Thing

The compelling, inspiring and rarely-told story of the men who said no to war. 1916: Bert Brocklesby is a schoolteacher and preacher at his Methodist chapel; Bertrand Russell is one of the greatest philosophers of his time. With the advent of military conscription their worlds are turned upside down. Award-winning actor Michael Mears portrays a gallery of characters with breath-taking physical and vocal dexterity, on a gripping journey from a chapel in Yorkshire to the House of Commons; from an English country garden to a quarry in Aberdeen; from a cell in Richmond Castle to a firing squad in France. Partly using verbatim testimonies from the time of the First World War, THIS EVIL THING was acclaimed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, since when it has been seen in over 100 performances in many parts of the UK as well as in the USA. With military conscription still in force in many countries today, the questions posed by THIS EVIL THING are as relevant and urgent as they were one hundred years ago.