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Pity [Rory Mullarkey]

Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidence
Don't forget the lightning strike

"A normal day.

A person stands in the market square watching the world go by.

What happens next verges on the ridiculous?

There's ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. Candles. Blood. Lightning. Sandwiches. Snipers. Looting. Gunshots. Babies. Actors. Azaleas. Famine. Fountains. Statues. Atrocities.

And tanks. (Probably).

Rory Mullarkey's new play asks whether things really are getting worse. And if we care. "

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