Residents and members of bereaved families call on BBC and National Theatre to scrap productions
The BBC and the National Theatre are facing rising hostility over two high-profile productions about theSome have even threatened to disrupt BBC attempts to film near the tower for its series,, which will dramatise the tragic events around the night of 14 June 2017 in west London, when 72 people died as a result of the blaze. Others claim theis stealing their experiences, despite its play being based on survivors’ first-hand accounts.
But the strength of local opposition exposes how raw feelings remain around ownership of the truth about the fire, and the high level of suspicion about even well-intended interventions from national institutions. He warned that the backlash would hamper any attempts to film by the BBC in the area of north Kensington where the remains of Grenfell still stand. “It will be very hard for the BBC to do any filming here without cooperation – and we won’t cooperate because people are very angry here.”
Kosminsky’s script will use multiple perspectives, he said. The team attended each day of the public inquiry.Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images “The domino effect of this is the power. The National Theatre is supporting us by taking our stories beyond our borders of north Kensington,” she added.
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