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This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Performance Dates
11 June - 4 July 2026
Run time: 90 minutes
No interval
ice&fire presents A Fine Idea at the Arcola Theatre, written by Christine Bacon and directed by Charlotte Westenra. A Fine Idea explores post-war idealism to today’s overlapping crises, unpicking the history of aid, power and good intentions. And confronting the question at the heart of it all: Do we really want to change things – or do we just like the idea of helping?
Jo is a good person, doing good things. She spent years building a career supporting those in need, travelling around the globe to deliver aid.
But can it reverse the damage done by her grandfather 75 years ago? With his idea of “international development” falling into President Truman’s lap, leaving global inequality worse than ever. With eight billionaires holding the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity.
A Fine Idea is a response to the bestselling book The Divide by Jason Hickel.