Freedom Project

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This is a story that is true for us, you, thousands of others across the world moving across the globe and thousands of others waiting to receive them. It is a story. Its not necessarily ours. It is not necessarily yours. But it is true. Melding lived experience with creative theatre-making, refugees Mo and Hossein share stories both personal and global that explore the very different journeys taken by unaccompanied minors as they leave their home countries in search of sanctuary. Honest, reflective, challenging and funny, the young performers both long-standing participants in Leeds Playhouses Theatre of Sanctuary programme combine moments of dream-like wonder with unflinching fact sharing, drawing the audience into a direct dialogue and asking them to consider what life is really like for children fleeing danger and seeking a new home in the UK. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Leeds Playhouse in September 2021.

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Luke Barnes is a northern-born emerging playwright, both a unique and exciting wordsmith. His first play Chapel Street was selected as one of the top five new plays off the West End in 2011 by The Stage and he was shortlisted for an OffWestEnd award for most promising playwright. His plays Eisteddfod and Bottleneck (Hightide, 2012) are also published by Methuen Drama.