ice&fire theatre production: This Is Who I Am

Event details

7-7.45pm (45mins) Actors For Human Rights rehearsed reading 

7.45 - 8.30pm (45 mins) - Q&A discussion

This event is open to all TFTI staff and students.

Then they separated us. We tried to say no, we applied for asylum as a couple. They say we don’t have any civil evidence that we are a couple. And we’re like - how can we show you any civil evidence if homosexuality is forbidden in my country? Would you like us to go back, get married and get killed?

Read by actors and performers, This Is Who I Am is a piece of documentary theatre sharing first-hand accounts of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum, their experiences on arrival in the UK and the particular challenges they face in undergoing the UK asylum process.

Trigger Warning: Please note that the testimonies include accounts of state, sexual and homophobic violence and a suicide attempt.

ice&fire are a theatre company dedicated to exploring human rights stories through performance, putting human rights at the core of everything they do to make accessible theatre for a wide range of audiences across the UK.

The Actors For Human Rights project is ice&fire’s outreach programme, presenting readings of first hand accounts of people’s experiences relating to a range of human rights themes.

Sebastian Aguirre, director of Actors For Human Rights is a queer human rights activist and theatre practitioner from the Chilean refugee diaspora in the UK.

ADDITIONAL VERBATIM THEATRE PRACTICES PRESENTATION 

ice&fire will be giving a presentation about verbatim theatre and ice&fire’s theatre practices prior to this event. You can find out more and book a slot here.

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