Liberation Squares
Fifth Word and Nottingham Playhouse, in association with Brixton House, present By Sonali BhattacharyyaAbout Liberation Squares
Three teenage girls forge an unlikely friendship. They challenge each other with Tik Toks, beat-boxing, rap and 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 teenage girls. Inspired by graphic novels, hip hop, pop culture and real-world activists, Liberation Squares asks what it takes for young Muslim women today to be the heroes of their own stories.
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Cast
Vaneeka Dadhria
Ruqaya
Asha Hassan
Sabi
Halema Hussain
Xara
Credits
Milli Bhatia
Director
Tomás Palmer
Designer
Joshua Gadsby
Lighting Designer
Elena Peña
Composer & Sound Designer
Iskandar إسكندر R. Sharazuddin
Movement Director
Arthur Carrington
Casting Director
afshan d’souza-lodhi
Dramaturg
Jade Franks
Assistant Director
Chloe Chancheong
Stage Manager
Eshmit Kaur
Artist Wellbeing
Ania Levy
Associate Designer
Bella Kear
Associate Sound Designer
Emilie Carter
Costume Supervisor
Hannah Zemlack
Props Supervisor
Rachel Bowen, Andrew Quick, Jamie Smith
Production Managers