Archive listings for Piece of Silk (2016)

Work type: Play.

T0794853130

Jennie Buckman, writer (RADA, BBC, National Theatre) and Tania Azevedo, director, worked with the Southall Black Sisters, the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights' Organisation and artists from the Not Shut Up Collective to create this refreshing, multi-media, new play.Producer Alex Murphy. Company Giants Theatre Company. Director Taniz Azevedo. Design Matilda Marangoni. Costume Matilda Marangoni. Lighting Clancy Flynn. Music Oddinn Hilmarsson. Director Chloe Aliyanni (movement director). Director Leon Kay (casting director). Performer Jack Bence (Billy). Performer Heather Coombs (Mum / Pearl / Ruby). Performer Devish Kishore (Sami). Performer Samantha Shellie (Dunya). Performer Tanya Vital (Shaz).

14 Jun 16 to 2 Jul 16

The Hope Theatre, Inner London :: V0719079091
listing details L1982328712

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Shaz has 1,212 . . . 1,213 followers on Vimeo, 'Shaggytales'. Sister Dunya drums, shouts but doesn't leave the house. They've never met their older brother from overseas, who comes to keep an eye on them while mum's away. He has only their best interests at heart. So why do they fear for their lives? Inspired by The Arabian Nights and drawing on the shocking stories of women survivors of domestic violence, Piece of Silk proves definitively that 'story-telling is a matter of life and death'.

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Author: Jennie Buckman

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