A bundle of insights

John Lampen reviews a new play on refugees

‘What is most personal is most universal,’ said Carl Rogers, the well-known psychologist. We can discover the truth of this in the new play by Lynn and Dave Morris, The Bundle. It follows one woman’s journey from a heartless home and abusive marriage in Chechnya through her escape to Britain, her reception here and her struggle to get refugee status, and touches our hearts and enlarges our understanding more than pages of statistics. This is a deeply moving and highly professional production, which Lynn and Dave researched and wrote. It was commissioned from their company, Journeymen Theatre, by the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN).

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