[sheffield-noborders] FREE performances of Asylum Monologues in 12 UK cities, including Sheffield on June 21 - please help us spread the word!
Actors for Refugees
actors_for_refugees at yahoo.co.uk
Sat May 26 18:58:45 BST 2007
Hello,
I am forwarding you the e-flyer for our series of events on June 21, as part of Refugee Week. There is also some plain text info, as some email accounts will not display images. If you could forward the email below to your contacts in Sheffield and around the UK - and ask them to forward it to their contacts, that would be really helpful. As we don't have a publicity budget, email networks are the best way to spread the word! Hope to see you at one of the shows.
With thanks,
Christine Bacon
Director
Actors for Refugees
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FREE performances of Asylum Monologues in 12 UK cities on June 21
Ice and Fire theatre and the new national network Actors for Refugees will stage Asylum Monologues in 12 different UK cities on June 21 2007, to coincide with Refugee Week, a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourage a better understanding between communities. The series of events are being organised in conjunction with UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, Refugee Action, a national refugee support charity, and numerous other agencies and organisations throughout the UK which are campaigning on refugee/asylum issues.
Asylum Monologues is an account of the UK asylum system told first-hand in the words of the people who have experienced it. Scripted by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director of Ice and Fire theatre, Sonja Linden, it is an important and powerful work.
Actors for Refugees, a network of professional actors dedicated to drawing public attention to the harsh realities faced by individuals who come to the UK to seek refuge, has been touring Asylum Monologues around the country since it was launched at Amnesty International in June 2006 and has reached over 4000 people so far. It is presented as a rehearsed reading with live music and features different guest actors and musicians.
The 12 cities are: London, Liverpool, Leicester, Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, Exeter, Sheffield, Norwich, Swansea, Nottingham and Glasgow. There will also be a performance in Guildford on June 20.
For time and venue details, see:
www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees/asylum_monologues_june21.htm
If you can't read this message, please go to: www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees/asylum_monologues_june21.htm
'This is the thing that the British people don't understand. They think we came here just because we want to live here. We fled our countries because there are problems. That's why we came here.' Asylum Monologues is an account of the UK's asylum system, told first hand by the people who have experienced it. More info at www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees
*Unless otherwise stated, there are no bookings required
Thursday June 21 2007. 12 UK cities from Glasgow to Exeter. ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Venues
London
8.30pm. The Maria, Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ
Bookings required: email actors_for_refugees at yahoo.co.uk
7.45pm. Watermans Arts Centre, 40 High Street, Brentford TW8 0DS
Tel: 020 8232 1010
Map: Click here
Halifax
7pm. Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, 10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG
Tel: 01422 353073
Map: Click here
Glasgow
7pm. Gilmorehill G12, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel 0141 330 3838
Leicester
7pm. The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester. St Martins, East. Leicester, LE1 5FX
Tel: 0116 2487404
Liverpool
6:30 for 6:45. Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt Concert Hall (entrance on Brownlow Hill), L3 5TQ
Tel: 0151 702 6313
Norwich
7:30pm. Norwich Puppet Theatre, St James, Whitefriars, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1TN
Tel: 01603 610993
Map: Click here
Nottingham
6:45 for 7pm. The Vine Community Centre, Bobbersmill Road, Hyson Green, Nottingham, NG7 5GZ
Tel: 01159415952
Swansea
6:45 for 7pm. Swansea Museum, Victoria Road, The Maritime Quarter, Swansea, SA1 1SN
Tel: 01792 653763
Manchester
7pm. Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ
Map: Click here
Exeter
8pm. Phoenix Arts Centre, Bradninch Place, Gandy St, Exeter, EX4 3LS
Tel: 01392 361021
Map: Click here
Leeds
7pm for 7:15pm. Oxford Place Methodist Centre, Oxford Place, Leeds, LS1 3AX
Tel: 0113 268 1663
Map: Click here
Sheffield
1pm. The Long Bar, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
Tel: 07913513567
Map: Click here
Christine Bacon
Director
Actors for Refugees
c/-iceandfire Theatre
Toynbee Hall
28 Commercial St
London E1 6LS
Ph: 0791 351 3567 or 020 7377 5299
www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees
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