Lampedusa

<i>This is where the world began. This was Caesar's highway. Hannibal's road to glory. These were the trading routes of the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians the Ottomans and the Byzantines . . . We all come from the sea and back to the sea we will go. The Mediterranean gave birth to the world.<br/><br/></i>Step into the shoes of those whose job it is to enforce our harsh new rules: an Italian coastguard and a payday lender from Leeds. How do they do it? And what happens to them? <i>Lampedusa</i> is a powerful play about immigration and welfare.<br/> <br/>This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at the Soho Theatre London on 8 April 2015 as part of the Soho Theatre's season of Politics.