Glasgow Girls
31/10/2012 - 25/02/2017
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Conceived for the stage and directed by Cora Bissett
Book by David Greig
Presented by Pachamama Productions. Originally co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Citizens Theatre & Richard Jordan Productions.
Cora Bissett and David Greig’s life-affirming, song-filled Scottish drama, based on the true story of seven feisty teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported. The young women are galvanised to take a stand and fight for the life of their friend and, ultimately, for the rights of all children of asylum-seekers
Read the full review"Awe inspiring. "
Time Out
"True raw power. "
The Metro http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/15/glasgow-girls-at-theatre-royal-stratford-shows-true-raw-power-3477508/
Read the full review"The emotional impact of the show, as conceived by director [Cora] Bissett with writer David Greig and composers Soom T, Patricia Panther and the Kielty Brothers, is undeniable."
The Herald
Read the full review"The kind of explosion of great popular theatre that every city and every nation needs, from time to time, to remind it of what it is, and what it might become."
The Scotsman
"There can be little doubt that Bissett and co have created a significant milestone in Scottish musical theatre."
The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9658872/Glasgow-Girls-Citizens-Theatre-Glasgow-review.html
Read the full review"Glasgow Girls undoes the spin and biases which surround the issue of asylum, smoothing them into a pleasing love letter to our great city, the communities who built it and the new faces who will continue to help it grow."
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