Everyone has the right: rehearsed readings
Everyone Has The Right is Iceandfire's New Writing programme, launched in collaboration with Amnesty International in 2009. It is the home for plays with human rights at their heart. Writers around the world were invited to send in scripts of plays which highlighted a human rights theme.
On Tuesday evenings throughout the Autumn, we will be presenting the most compelling of those plays through a series of rehearsed readings, featuring top directors and a stellar cast. Each play will be followed by a discussion with special guest speakers.
All events take place at the Human Rights Action Centre in London and are free of charge, but you must book your place in advance.
'28' by Dawn King and 'Pyramus and Thisbe' by David Watson
7.30pm, Tuesday 26 October 2010
'28' by Dawn King
Nathan is a school teacher. Suspected of a connection with a known terrorist, he is detained for 28 days before being released without charge. In the 28 days following his release he tries to recover his former life. Originally developed as a radio play broadcast on BBC Radio 4, now in the process of being adapted for the stage.
'Pyramus and Thisbe' by David Watson
A humorous and heartbreaking short play, depicting the eternal myth of star-crossed lovers separated by a wall. David Watson is currently under commission at Birmingham Rep, the Royal Court and the Lyric Hammersmith. His play 'Pieces of Vincent' opened at the Arcola in September.
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'The Advocate' by Laura Quigley
7.30pm, Tuesday 2 November
A powerful love story set against the background of the brutalities of the English Civil War. A fascinating and poetic insight into the history of the human rights movement in Britain. Directed by Suba Das.
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Las Brutas by Juan Radrigan, translated by Catherine Boyle
7.30pm, Tuesday 9 November
Based on the true story of three Coia (indigenous Andean) sisters who, in October 1974, were found tied together and hung from a rock near their home. Their dogs were hung with them, while their sheep and goats were found slaughtered. The play delves into the last months in these women's lives in the isolated mountainside of Pinochet's Chile.
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'The Archbishop and the Antichrist' by Michael Ashton
7.30pm, Tuesday 16 November
In 1996, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu was presiding over the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, attempting to heal a fractured South Africa. This play imagines two weeks in Tutu's life as he confronts the horrors of the apartheid era and comes face to face with a mass-murderer.
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