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- Joe Sellman-Leava, Worklight Theatre
Joe Sellman-Leava’s acclaimed solo show for Worklight Theatre uses comedy, storytelling, spoken word, humour and honesty to offer a human story from multicultural Britain.
Trailing a string of awards (Scotsman Fringe First Award 2015; Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2016; People’s Choice Award, Vault Festival 2017) in its wake, Labels has evolved during touring, responding to rapidly changing events such as a worsening refugee crisis, the EU referendum and the election of Donald Trump.
The show chronicles Joe’s upbringing in rural Devon as a boy of mixed-heritage growing up in the 90s and the bridges and barriers formed between him and his peers. “The show compares my own, and my Dad’s, childhood experiences to the plight of refugees globally, against the backdrop of anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric,” Joe explains. “I’m not suggesting that my encounters with racism are equal to the unimaginable hardships faced by refugees around the world: I’m simply trying to highlight how the words we use for one another affect the way we treat one another – with dire consequences when this is taken to the extreme.
8pm plus Sat 2pm, £10. For more info, visit thewardrobetheatre.com/livetheatre/labels
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