Grenfell: System Failure

Grenfell: System Failure: Scenes from the Inquiry

Richard Norton-Taylor (author)

Grenfell: System Failure asks further vital questions raised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry since the critically acclaimed 2021 play Grenfell: Value Engineering.

Based entirely on the words of those involved in the final phase of the Inquiry (which ended in November 2022), this new play interrogates why the testing regime failed to warn of the danger of installing inflammable materials, why manufacturers promoted such products with no regard to safety, why government regulations ignored the dangers and were not updated, and why politicians failed to ensure proper oversight. Through the testimonies of bereaved residents, it explores how they were failed by the London Fire Brigade on the night and abandoned by the Local Authority in the chaos of the fire’s aftermath.

Richard Norton-Taylor is an editor, journalist and playwright, known for his work in documentary theatre. Several of his plays are based on transcripts of public enquiries, among them The Colour of Justice (Tricycle Theatre, 1999).

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Methuen Drama (16 Feb. 2023)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781350401501
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.85 x 0.54 x 19.84 cm