Asylum Monologues // Manchester University
2022-03-30 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Details TBC

Asylum Monologues // Westminster University
2022-04-14 11:00 - 13:00
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Asylum Monologues // Birmingham University
2022-04-25 17:00 - 19:00

This Is Who I Am // Birmingham University
2022-04-26 15:00 - 17:00

Asylum Monologues // Manchester University
2022-05-04 13:30 - 15:30

This Is Who I Am // Knockengorroch World Ceildh Festival
2022-05-21 12:30 - 14:00
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Asylum Monologues // Knockengorroch World Ceildh Festival
2022-05-22 14:30 - 15:00

Asylum Monologues // Durham University (STAR)
2022-05-27 16:30 - 18:30
Details to follow

This Is Who I Am // Frogomen LLP // Refugee Week
2022-06-21 14:00 - 15:30

This Is Who I Am // York St John University // Refugee Week
2022-06-24 13:30 - 15:30

This Is Who I Am //Queen Marys London University
2022-07-15 12:30 - 14:00
This is a closed event.

Asylum Monologues // Doune the Rabbit Hole festival // Glasgow
2022-07-17 16:00 - 17:30
Details here

Detention Dialogues // The Studio // Edinburgh International Festival 2022
2022-08-21 19:30 - 21:00
Information here

This Is Who I Am // Sussex University
2022-09-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-15 17:00 - 18:30

The People Woke Up: The 2020 Revolution in Belarus // Scottish Parliament
2022-09-28 17:00 - 18:30
***This is a closed performance***
The People Woke Up:
The 2020 Revolution in Belarus
Scripted by: Christine Bacon

“There was this moment in 2020. It felt like the whole world was watching us and finally paying attention. It feels like a long time ago.”
Along with the People’s Consulate of Belarus in Scotland, we present the world premiere of a new script that tells the stories of people whose lives were changed forever in Belarus in 2020. Following the rigged election where Alexander Lukashenko extended his 27-year presidency still further, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians went out onto the streets to demonstrate and protest. This resulted in the most widespread and violent crackdown in Lukashenko’s reign, with thousands of peaceful protestors arrested and many tortured and killed at the hands of the security forces.
This new work tells the true stories of some of the people, in their own words, who were caught up in these tumultuous events and the impacts that are still felt today. It is presented as a rehearsed reading by an all Belarusian cast. The reading will be followed by an interval and post-show Q&A session.
You can book here to see the public performance of The People Woke Up at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday September 29. There is a special abridged performance at the Scottish Parliament on September 28. Email actors@iceandfire.co.uk if you would like to attend.

Artistic Director of ice&fire, Christine Bacon, has said: “While the protests across Belarus attracted the attention of the world in August 2020, the cameras have now moved on. However, the people of Belarus continue to resist and risk their lives with the aim of removing the Lukashenko regime so a new nation can be built. With this new script, we invite audiences to listen to stories from the people at the heart of this struggle and ask themselves what they can do in solidarity with the people of Belarus.”
Irina McLean from The People’s Consulate of Belarus in Scotland said: “Sergey Tichanousky – 18 years of imprisonment. Aliaksandr Ivulin – 2 years of imprisonment. Maria Kolesnikova – 11 years of imprisonment. A vlogger. A sports journalist and footballer. A musician. Not criminals but citizens of THEIR country, who want it to be set free of pain, absurd autocracy and dictatorship. It is our pain. Every Belarusian feels it and this amazing opportunity to share it with others should help us to heal. This production will help us to tell our story. The story of our fight.”

This project is supported by Creative Scotland.
Photo credit: @olegzaicev

CAST
● Hanna Komar
● Mitya Savelau
● Victoria Milham
● Nastasya Korablina

The People Woke Up: The 2020 Revolution in Belarus // The Scottish storytelling centre // Edinburgh
2022-09-29 19:30 - 21:30
The People Woke Up:
The 2020 Revolution in Belarus
Scripted by: Christine Bacon

“There was this moment in 2020. It felt like the whole world was watching us and finally paying attention. It feels like a long time ago.”
Along with the People’s Consulate of Belarus in Scotland, we present the world premiere of a new script that tells the stories of people whose lives were changed forever in Belarus in 2020. Following the rigged election where Alexander Lukashenko extended his 27-year presidency still further, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians went out onto the streets to demonstrate and protest. This resulted in the most widespread and violent crackdown in Lukashenko’s reign, with thousands of peaceful protestors arrested and many tortured and killed at the hands of the security forces.
This new work tells the true stories of some of the people, in their own words, who were caught up in these tumultuous events and the impacts that are still felt today. It is presented as a rehearsed reading by an all Belarusian cast. The reading will be followed by an interval and post-show Q&A session.
You can book here to see the public performance of The People Woke Up at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday September 29. There is a special abridged performance at the Scottish Parliament on September 28. Email actors@iceandfire.co.uk if you would like to attend.

Artistic Director of ice&fire, Christine Bacon, has said: “While the protests across Belarus attracted the attention of the world in August 2020, the cameras have now moved on. However, the people of Belarus continue to resist and risk their lives with the aim of removing the Lukashenko regime so a new nation can be built. With this new script, we invite audiences to listen to stories from the people at the heart of this struggle and ask themselves what they can do in solidarity with the people of Belarus.”
Irina McLean from The People’s Consulate of Belarus in Scotland said: “Sergey Tichanousky – 18 years of imprisonment. Aliaksandr Ivulin – 2 years of imprisonment. Maria Kolesnikova – 11 years of imprisonment. A vlogger. A sports journalist and footballer. A musician. Not criminals but citizens of THEIR country, who want it to be set free of pain, absurd autocracy and dictatorship. It is our pain. Every Belarusian feels it and this amazing opportunity to share it with others should help us to heal. This production will help us to tell our story. The story of our fight.”

This project is supported by Creative Scotland.

CAST
● Hanna Komar
● Mitya Savelau
● Victoria Milham
● Nastasya Korablina

Asylum Monologues // LSE Social Policy Away days
2022-10-08 15:00 - 16:30

Asylum Monologues // Aston University
2022-10-12 14:00 - 16:30

Asylum Monologues // Sussex University
2022-10-31 15:00 - 16:30

Asylum Monologues // Nottingham University STAR & Amnesty International
2022-11-01 17:00 - 18:30

‘BREAK THEIR LINEAGE, BREAK THEIR ROOTS…’ a collaboration with Sohaya Visions
2022-11-04 19:30 - 21:00
‘Break their Lineage, Break their Roots…’

Asylum Monologues // Lancaster University
2022-11-07 12:00 - 15:00

This Is Who I Am // Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford
2022-11-14 14:00 - 15:30

This Is Who I Am // Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:30

Asylum Monologues // Warwick University STAR
2022-11-22 17:00 - 18:30

This Is Who I Am // Northumberland University
2022-11-24 16:00 - 17:30

Asylum Monologues // SOAS university
2022-12-01 18:30 - 20:00

The People Woke Up
2022-12-07 13:30 - 15:00
“There was this moment in 2020. It felt like the whole world was watching us and finally paying attention. It feels like a long time ago.”
Along with Libereco, The Anglo-Belarusian Society, the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain and the People’s Embassy of Belarus in Scotland, we present the world premiere of a new script that tells the stories of people whose lives were changed forever in Belarus in 2020. Following the rigged election where Alexander Lukashenko extended his 27-year presidency still further, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians went out onto the streets to demonstrate and protest. This resulted in the most widespread and violent crackdown in Lukashenko’s reign, with thousands of peaceful protestors arrested and many tortured and killed at the hands of the security forces.
This new work tells the true stories of some of the people, in their own words, who were caught up in these tumultuous events and the impacts that are still felt today.
Reg Bailey Building, RB0006, Penrhyn Road, Kingston University

The People Woke Up // Houses of Parliament, Westminser
2022-12-07 19:00 - 20:00
The People Woke Up: The 2020 Revolution in Belarus

This is a closed event
