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- 25/04/09
The Venezuelan Consulate in London has invited Actors for Human Rights, iceandfire theatre’s national outreach project, to perform their show The Illegals at the Consulate’s headquarters in Central London, in collaboration with the Ecuadorian Movement in the UK. The play, performed as a rehearsed reading, comprises first-hand accounts of undocumented migrants living and working in London, many of whom are Latin American.
- 20/04/09
Actors in Aberystwyth are joining forces to give a voice to Britain’s unheard asylum seekers and refugees. iceandfire theatre’s Asylum Monologues, scripted by award-winning playwright Sonja Linden, is made up of first-hand testimonies from asylum seekers and refugees, told in their own words. The play is performed by iceandfire’s outreach project, Actors for Human Rights, and will feature Aberystwyth’s Mayor Sue Jones-Davis (from The Life of Brian) as a performer.
- 18/02/09
Local Director Sara Masters Goes International! [PDF 500kb]Co-Artistic Director of iceandfire theatre company, South London-based Sara Masters, has been awarded a 2009 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. In September Sara will be travelling to Canada to explore different approaches to creating theatre for young people.
- 13/01/09
Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh will host the Scottish premiere of Voices from the Edge, a drama based on the words and experiences of people who have been homeless and living in poverty, on Sunday 8 February, as part of Poverty & Homelessness Action Week. The drama is written by Christine Bacon, and performed by Actors for Human Rights, the national outreach project of iceandfire theatre company.
- 20/11/2008
Actors for Human Rights, the outreach project of London-based iceandfire theatre company, is giving a voice to people who have suffered torture and abuse under the CIA’s counter-terror method known as ‘extraordinary rendition’. They will be performing their new production Rendition Monologues in Melbourne and Sydney with an all-star cast including Marcus Graham and Tom Long.
- 18/11/2008
Actors for Human Rights, iceandfire’s national outreach network, is launching a new production, which comprises of first-hand testimonies of undocumented migrants living and working in London. The Illegals launches on Friday 21 November, 1pm, at the Soho Theatre. Once launched, the production will be available to groups or individuals wishing to host a performance in their community.
- 15/09/2008
World Premiere of Welcome to Ramallah [PDF 150kb]2008 marks both the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Israeli state and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Inspired by the experience of Adah Kay, a British Jew who lived and worked in Ramallah between 2002 and 2006, the play explores an encounter between four people across the Palestine/Israel divide during the course of one dramatic evening. iceandfire’s previous productions include the critically acclaimed Crocodile Seeking Refuge (Lyric Hammersmith, 2005 and national tour, 2006).
- 01/06/08
Actors Bring Stories of Solidarity to the Stage [PDF 100kb]Touching stories of real-life friendships between asylum seekers and British people are coming to the stage in four UK cities in June. Asylum Dialogues, scripted by award-winning playwright Sonja Linden, is drawn from actual conversations, which reveal the moving, funny and poignant relationships between British people and refugees who have fled war and persecution.
- 26/02/08
Based on the real life stories of young people who have come to the UK seeking asylum, Separated by Sara Masters follows the lives of two fifteen year old boys: Amanullah from Afghanistan and Daniel from London.
- 01/10/05
Crocodile Seeking Refuge is the striking new play by Sonja Linden, author of Time Out and Metro Critic’s Choice A Young Lady from Rwanda. Supported by the Refugee Council and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture Crocodile lifts the lid on the asylum stories behind the headlines.
For more information please contact Charlotte George, Media and Communications Officer, on 07954 199 307, media@iceandfire.co.uk