FIFTH WORD x NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE: Liberation Squares

Honoured to have shot the promo for Liberation Squares - shout to the team and Ziya, Taniya and Laila for being so easy and fun to work with, can’t wait to see it!! ❤️‍� https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ThViKNGxv/ “Three teenage girls (Ruqaya played by Vaneeka Dadhria @vaneekad, Sabi played by Asha Hassan @ashahassan__, Xara played by Halema Hussain @hhuss95_) forge an unlikely friendship. They hang out, hide from bullies and challenge each other with Tik Toks, beat-boxing, dance routines… They just want to build their social media empire, or study astronomy, or become as good a rapper as Megan Thee Stallion. But they undergo a political awakening when they realise that what you say – even what you think – is viewed very differently depending who you are. When they find themselves the target of the state surveillance ‘Prevent’ programme, they have to fight back. Friendships fracture and loyalties are tested as they pursue different avenues of resistance. In an era when dissent is being criminalised, what does it take to speak up? This is a riotous, funny play told through the technicolour lens of three British Muslim schoolgirls. Inspired by graphic novels, hip hop, pop culture and real-world youth activists, Liberation Squares asks what it takes for young Muslim women today to be the heroes of their own stories.” Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya @sonalidb Directed by Milli Bhatia @millibh Designed by Tomás Palmer @tomaspalmer Lighting design by Joshua Gadsby @j.gads Sound design by Elena Peña @eelaina123 Movement direction by Iskandar إسكندر R. Sharazuddin @ishbishbosh Casting Director - Arthur Carrington Dramaturg - Afshan D’souza-Lodhi @afshandl Assistant Director - Jade Franks @jadefranks_ Fri 12 – Sat 27 Apr. (Swipe to see the original, image edited slightly for my feed) #brixtonhouse #nottingham #fifthword #nottinghamplayhouse #theatre #londontheatre #newwriting #whatsonlondon #photographer #showcase #performance