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As the flagship arts and cultural venue in Haringey, Jacksons Lane’s year-round programme of contemporary performance, arts participation and cultural education exists to empower, and ignite creativity within, diverse communities and work tirelessly to overcome traditional barriers through art.
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Ali in Wonder(Eng)land in Highgate
5.0 (47)
from £10.00 per session
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, 269A Archway Rd, Highgate, London, N6 5AA
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre
269A Archway Rd
Highgate
London
N6 5AA
GB
2023-07-11
2023-07-11
Category
Theatre Show
Ages Covered
12-17, 18+
Booking required
Yes
About Ali in Wonder(Eng)land
“Ali was home. Things were not as good as when they were children… Ali wanted to leave, but wasn’t sure where to go… Suddenly a white rabbit in a Union Jack appeared…”Ali arrives at the border of a strange land but entering isn’t as simple as it looks. Random questioning, people shouting ‘illegal alien!,’ and to make things worse Ali’s body keeps changing size. Will Ali ever be able to regain control?
Fun, ironic, and poetic, Ali in Wonder(Eng)land is devised by participants in LegalAliens’ free weekly classes for migrants and refugees. The show uses the familiar Lewis Carroll frame but with an absurdist, contemporary twist, mixing characters inspired by Alice in Wonderland with original material and extracts from the notorious Life in the UK test.
Performers take turns in playing Ali through a series of encounters with grotesque civil servants, mellifluous do-gooders, bigots with magic sunglasses that make foreigners disappear, two Home Secretaries and even… a Quing! The narration is from time to time interrupted by monologues sharing personal experiences of migration, some funny, some melancholic, some brutal.
LegalAliens Theatre is a Haringey-based, woman-led international ensemble dedicated to platforming migrants and refugees as artists, creatives and audiences.
LegalAliens Theatre is a Theatre of Sanctuary.
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