Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere review – Paul Mason restages global protests

Young Vic, London
The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revolt

This live incarnation of Guardian columnist Paul Mason's book about the surge of worldwide global protest comes from the performance-lecture tradition but opens out into something altogether more democratic. It's galvanising stuff, both personal and deeply political.

Staged and filmed at the Young Vic over three days, and due to be broadcast on BBC2 later this year, it is another welcome example of how theatre increasingly sees its role as an initiator of debate and a forum to share our lives and experiences. A theatre in which we don't just watch, but also actively participate.