Seeking asylum is not a crime. On the contrary, people claiming asylum are exercising a right which is enshrined in international law. The right to reject claims remains the prerogative of the host country. Taking up to and beyond seven years to process such claims and detaining claimants and their children like criminals is ethically questionable.
This exhibition features recorded extracts from the acclaimed production petrified paradise by a moments peace theatre company.
petrified paradise is an intense and demanding theatrical experience that fuses promenade and studio theatre with intermedia performance to present a powerful interrogation of physical, emotional and social imprisonment.
A radical piece of documentary theatre petrified paradise looks beyond opinion and policy to the human cost of Britain’s increasingly hard-line approach to immigration asking its audience not just to listen but to feel.
Through mapping together people’s experiences in a number of distinct spaces, fragmented and silenced stories are told through a moments peace’s unique style that distorts the line between audience and performer, interviewer and interviewee and leaves all involved disorientated, challenged, invigorated.
“The physical look and feel of this show is unforgettable,
as is the passion with which it is delivered…”
Joyce MacMillan, **** The Scotsman
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