11 July 2017 8pm
The Crows Plucked Your Sinews
Unity Theatre | £12 / £10
With 30 minute post-show discussion with writer and director Hassan Mahamdallie
Woolwich today, Somalia under British rule of a century ago. Two women and two worlds collide. The Crows Plucked Your Sinews is a critically-acclaimed one woman show with music, based on real events and featuring the epic lyrical tradition of Somalia. A unique exploration of the violence of empire and the poetry of resistance.
A Dervish production, presented in partnership with Unity Theatre.
“Hassan Mahamdallie has written a fine, important play about the way Britain’s foreign adventures are shaping one young London woman’s identity” British Theatre Guide
“History told, and retold through digital art and the spoken word – is this the future of British theatre? I hope so” Media Diversified
70 minutes with no interval
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Address1 Hope Place, Liverpool, Merseyside,
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