It is gratifying that, in an era when the trade union voice has been quietened, there are musicians who can use the power of song to remind us that struggles of all sorts persist, from the traditional working- class movement, protests against world atrocities or campaigns for equality and fairness.
The serious message of this show came from the wonderful Sheena Wellington, who sang poignantly of the killing of thousands of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, and the massacre of women, children and old men in a Beirut prison camp. The audience listened to her in silence, you could have heard a pin drop.
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