A blast of Queen’s 1981 chart-topper Under Pressure sets the mood for what’s to follow in Uma Nada-Rajah’s 90 minute play Black Hole Sign, which gives a lived insight into the state of our crumbling National Health Service, a healthcare provider that was once the envy of the world.
Nada-Rajah states in her play notes that ‘there is something so funny and tragic about day-to-day life in hospital’ and that she ‘wanted to capture that sense of absurdity in a play that will make people laugh or cry’ while causing them to thinking ‘about the significance of care in modern society’ – she succeeds on all three counts.
Leither. Writer | Broadcaster | Actor | Award-winning playwright/director| Content Creator. Entertainment commentator. Theatre consultant. Former Edinburgh Evening News Arts and Entertainment Editor. 40 years in media.
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