Karla Adam in The Washington Post:
In a city well-known for political theater, the show at Stone Nest, a performance venue in the heart of London’s West End, took the concept to a new level. For the last month, audiences have been reenacting the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in one of the most violent and divisive days of modern American democracy. But instead of sitting in stately silence, legs crammed into velvet chairs, attendees at “Fight for America” were active participants — singing, chanting, rolling dice, and maneuvering tiny figurines around a model of the Capitol.
The unusual project — part tabletop strategy game, part thought-provoking political experiment — was meant to debut in the United States. But after President Donald Trump’s election victory last fall, the team behind it pivoted to London. “We thought maybe 3,000 miles away was the right way to start,” said Christopher McElroen, artistic director at the american vicarious, a Brooklyn-based arts nonprofit.
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