ASYLUM MONOLOGUES

LEEDS

 

 

TITLE:                       Asylum Monologues (Leeds)

WHERE:                    Oxford Place Centre (see below for directions)

WHEN:                       7pm for 7:15pm start to 9pm on the Thursday 21st  June 2007

COST:                         FREE

Asylum Monologues is an account of the UK asylum system told first-hand in the words of the people who have experienced it. Scripted by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director of Ice and Fire theatre, Sonja Linden, it is an important and powerful work.

Actors for Refugees, a network of professional actors dedicated to drawing public attention to the harsh realities faced by individuals who come to the UK to seek refuge, has been touring Asylum Monologues around the country since it was launched at Amnesty International in June 2006 and has reached over 4000 people so far. It is presented as a rehearsed reading with live music and features different guest actors and musicians.

Ice and Fire theatre and the new national network Actors for Refugees will stage Asylum Monologues in 13 different UK cities on June 21 2007, including Leeds to coincide with Refugee Week, a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourage a better understanding between communities. The series of events are being organised in conjunction with UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, Refugee Action, a national refugee support charity, and numerous other agencies and organisations throughout the UK which are campaigning on refugee/asylum issues.

The Leeds performance is hosted by Church Action on Poverty, Leeds Churches Together in Mission and Amnesty International Leeds group.

DIRECTIONS

Oxford Place Centre
Oxford Place
Leeds
LS1 3AX

Telephone: (0113) 245 3502

Website: http://www.oxfordplace.org.uk/index.html

 

Oxford Place Methodist Centre is in the 'Civic Quarter' of the city on the corner of Oxford Place and Westgate, between the Combined Courts and Leeds Town Hall. The Town Hall is your best landmark, most people can direct you to it. If you are facing the front of the Town Hall then Oxford Place is to your left.