The Coventry Belgrade here teams up with local theatre company China Plate to present an ambitious play which not only shines a light on the criminal justice system but also aims to ask important questions about colonial legacy, contested heritage, and how stories are told. 

Written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey - who previously made a splash as a playwright with the critically acclaimed Grimeboy - Please Do Not Touch follows the fortunes of committed activist Mason. A young man who finds himself incarcerated, he determines to keep fighting injustice, even as the system against which he rails seeks to shut him down... 

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