One of the country's most respected and experienced Issue-based theatre companies tackles the most difficult and pressing issue of our time: extremism.

 Developed in partnership with Oldham Metropolitan Council

Ali's got mixed up with an Islamic extremist, his former friend Tony is flirting with the far racist right, unemployment is rising, there's been another terrorist attack in London and a far right party is organising a march through Ali's neighbourhood. Will Tony march? Will Ali fight? Can his sister Sara make him find another way? Will journalist Jessica, who once went out with both Ali and Tony, use their joint past to get a scoop on the threatened riots, or will she put principles before her career and try to stop the threatened clash?

No difficult issues are dodged but in the end One Extreme to the Other stresses above all what unites rather than what divides us, and asks the audience at the end: we have a future in common, what do we do about it?

Aimed at young people aged 14-25 and adult audiences too, One Extreme to the Other offers a powerful theatrical stimulus to debate and a comprehensive multi-media follow-up package including a major website to inform further discussion and lead in good practice. We have developed an essential educational tool for anyone seeking to tackle this complex issue.

Targeted at schools, colleges, youth clubs, community venues and arts centres, developed with teachers, local government agencies, and people on the ground as part of an urgent human requirement to help young people and their elders challenge extremists, and stress what we have in common rather than what divides us.

This production will be touring in the late autumn of 2007 and the late spring of 2008. For further information on the show or to make a booking please contact us.

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