The Container
The Young Vic in association with Amnesty International presents the award-winning play The Container.
It doesn't get much more real than this... brilliantly performed
- The Times
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The Container is about asylum and racial and religious persecution. Performed to just 28 audience members who are locked inside a shipping container, it provides the vivid experience asylum seekers must endure to reach our country. Read some reviews of The Container |
The Container exemplifies creative activism by highlighting the vulnerability of asylum seekers travelling to the UK.
It was the hit of the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe, winning a Scotsman Fringe First and Amnesty's Freedom of expression award. Working together with Amnesty, the Young Vic made it possible for London to share the experience.
The Container is no longer running at the Young Vic. A theatrical experience like no other, it sold out completely.
Watch our interviews on The Container play
To find out more about the play from the director, cast members and audience, watch our video below.
Act now to end the destitution of refused asylum seekers
There are currently tens of thousands of refused asylum seekers in the UK. Many are
destitute, living a hand to mouth existence and surviving on the charity of other
people.
This system is both inefficient and inhumane. Act now to end the destitution of refused asylum seekers
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Rights Universal: Glasgow Resistance
One of four short Amnesty International films broadcast on Channel 4, Rights Universal: Glasgow Resistance documents the story of a young group of friends in Glasgow who campaign for a fair asylum system.
