Former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock will speak on the opening night of a play set in the first days of a far-right government in England.
Lord Kinnock will appear at Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre in Highgate on September 30 to speak about the threat from the far-right in Britain on the opening night of Francis Beckett’s new play, Make England Great Again.
The peer said: "The far right always corrodes democracy, and, in power, seeks to replace it.
"Today's far right has the same objectives, and where lazy democracy has given it authority, it is erasing the norms and means and voices of liberty."
Set in a future Britain under the rule of the fictional Britons First Party, the play opens just six days into the premiership of its leader, Max Moore.
Mr Beckett is a writer, journalist, and former Labour press officer.
He has written biographies of figures such as Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan, Tony Blair, and Gordon Brown.
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He is also the author of Fascist in the Family: The Tragedy of John Beckett MP, which examines the life of his father, a Labour MP who later joined Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
On the opening night, audience members will be invited to stay for a post-show discussion with Lord Kinnock, who lives in north London.
The talk will be a discussion about the issues raised.
The performance starts at 7.30pm.
