Performance

Venue	Soho Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	26th February 2020
To	17th March 2020
When	19:00. Sat Mat 14:30
Soho Theatre (V1035)
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Date of change: 25 Feb 20 - T0576588731
Date of change: 9 Jan 20 - T0576588731

The Special Relationship

Work:: The Special Relationship (S1153831892)

True stories from the sharp edge of transatlantic deportation. Yes I was deported back. Old Trump sent me here. Anything happens to my family, I'm coming across that ocean if I got to come in a tugboat, singing, "Row, row, row your boat". A grain of cocaine, a digit on a breathalyser, a forged cheque, a DEA sting or Murder One? In America, foreign nationals can be deported after serving prison sentences; some of them are British. Caught in the transatlantic tango between Trump and May and proudly presented by a gun-toting Immigration officer, these are their verbatim stories of double punishment and separation from loved ones. Hassan Abdulrazzak interviewed ex-prisoners and experts in immigration and criminal law to get behind the political rhetoric and explore the extraordinary realities of people caught up in the quagmire of immigration detention and deportation.

Author

Hassan Abdulrazzak

Production:: (T0576588731)

Presented by	Synergy Theatre Project
Director	Esther Baker
Design	Katy McPhee
Lighting	Tony Simpson
Sound	Sarah Weltman
Director	Nadine Rennie (CDG - casting director)
Choreographer	Lucie Pankhurst
Performer	Amrita Acharia
Performer	Moyo Akande
Performer	Nicholas Beveney
Performer	Yvette Boakye
Performer	Miranda Foster
Performer	Fergal McElherron
Performer	Duncan Wisbey

Listing:: L2104041983

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Special Performances

18 Mar 20 Touch Tour
18 Mar 20 Audio Described

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