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Framed by the fallout from two violent deaths – the apparently inexplicable suicide of a young gay man,and the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in May 2013 – Men in the Cities is a compelling piece of incendiary storytelling about harm and complicity.

Real-life stories of courage and conscience from ordinary people who stood up for something, or someone, they believed in.

Six people who chose to act; and six actors, telling their stories in their own words. Stories about justice and sustainability, about friendship and risk, about bravery and kindness. Extraordinary moments from everyday life.

An award-winning verbatim show which placed the words of 7-11 year olds into adult mouths, with startling effect.

A gently seductive, immersive piece of non-fiction storytelling, which asks its audience to consider what we’re all doing when we meet in a theatre space.

A humane, candid, radically unsettling piece about the tensions between religion and neuroscience, and about the limits of language and the edges of desire.

Nine ordinary people taking an extraordinary leap into the unknown for this special production for West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform festival.