Union review — gentrification drama treads the same old streets
Max Wilkinson’s poetic, 80-minute piece — more than a monologue, but not quite a conventional play — was woven from workshops with local communities over several years.
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Max Wilkinson’s poetic, 80-minute piece — more than a monologue, but not quite a conventional play — was woven from workshops with local communities over several years.
Union is half love letter to a changing city and half harangue against the soulless destruction of local communities for the benefit of a coffee shop chain. Max Wilkinson offers an abundance of topical matters, slightly overdoing it, and better suited for a longer running time.
A new report co-commissioned by Cheltenham Borough Council and Cheltenham BID shows that the town is outperforming the national average for town centre occupancy, with the findings being used to create a formal action plan to help boost the High Street.
Cheltenham could lose its coveted spa town status after bacteria in its mineral water led to it being designated undrinkable.
The health-giving mineral waters at Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham were first discovered in 1716.