Cardboard Citizens presents the story of an entire nation made homeless, starting in the age of Cold War secrets and ending in the era of global warming.

A Few Man Fridays unearths an inglorious episode of British history. Between 1967 and 1973, the population of the Chagos Islands was evicted to make way for a US military base. For forty years they have fought for justice in an epic struggle that is unlikely to end even when the European Court of Justice delivers a ruling later this year. A Few Man Fridays traces the displacement of these 'unpeople' and the successive denial of their right to nationhood.

Cardboard Citizens has worked with homeless people and the marginalised for 20 years, marrying personal stories and historical subjects into an epic theatre that challenges public perceptions of social exclusion. This new play explores the fantasies of the powerful, set against the dreams of the powerless.

Adrian Jackson is the Artistic Director of Cardboard Citizens, which he founded in 1991. He has directed over thirty plays for the company, including adaptations of Timon of Athens and Pericles as co-productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Visible by Sarah Woods, which toured nationally. He has written numerous Forum Theatre plays for the company, most notably Home and Away and Going Going Gone, both of which have also been performed by Formaat Theatre in Rotterdam. He recently directed Mincemeat, co-written with Farhana Sheikh, for Radio Four. He has worked extensively abroad, teaching the Theatre of the Oppressed of Augusto Boal, whose books he translated into English.