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Venue	Traverse Theatre
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	13th March 2008
To	15th March 2008
Prices	From £8.00. To £13.00.
Traverse Theatre (V605)
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NT Connections Festival - Fugee

Work:: NT Connections Festival (S0118290514)

NT CONNECTIONS commissions new plays for and about young people from some of the best contemporary playwrights, for performance by schools and youth theatres from all over the UK and Ireland, both in their home venues and at sixteen regional partnership theatres. The NT Festival showcases an example of each play.

Production:: Fugee (T514151815)

Exposed to a life without compromise, young asylum seekers in the UK fight to stay in control of their lives past, present and future... Turn him on his side, turn him on his side. There’s stuff coming from his mouth, bro. When 14 year old Kojo tumbles into the UK "system" with no official papers, and no words in English, he is housed in a refuge for under-age asylum seekers. With new friends Cheung and Ara by his side he begins to reconcile his past and find pleasure in the present. But when the system starts to break down...

Company	Lyceum Youth Theatre
Author	Abi Morgan
Director	Xana Maclean
Lighting	Paul Rodger
Sound	Dougal Marwick

Listing:: L1228911966

Trav 2

Fugee

Exposed to a life without compromise, young asylum seekers in the UK fight to stay in control of their lives past, present and future... Turn him on his side, turn him on his side. There’s stuff coming from his mouth, bro. When 14 year old Kojo tumbles into the UK "system" with no official papers, and no words in English, he is housed in a refuge for under-age asylum seekers. With new friends Cheung and Ara by his side he begins to reconcile his past and find pleasure in the present. But when the system starts to break down... Trav 2

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