Following on from development work presented at the Citizens last year Ankur in association with National Theatre of Scotland and Citizens Theatre present two new works-in-progress by up-and-coming writers. Read more …
FINDING NOOR by Nalini Chetty is inspired by the extraordinary life of Noor Inayat Khan. An Indian princess; a Sufi who wrote Buddhist fables for children; an anti-imperialist who spied for the British Empire and the first female operator in Nazi occupied France. A rehearsed reading directed by Guy Hollands.
FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK by Lou Prendergast is one woman’s ironic probe into shifting power relations across sex, race, class and history. Part reggae gig, part autobiographical monologue, it is an interweaving exploration of Scottish-Caribbean connections from within her own family; the history of slavery; to modern day exploitation and the sexual politics of the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon.
Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow from Thursday September 19, 2013, until Saturday September 21, 2013. More info: www.citz.co.uk
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