MILES APART TOGETHER Comes to the VAULT Festival
As an increasing number of women take on top roles in politics, tech, sport and beyond, three of history's most ground-breaking pioneers come together to reflect on how much a?" or how little a?" has changed since they tore apart the rule book. Miles Apart Together sees Bessie Coleman, the first woman of African American descent to hold a pilot license, Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest, and Annie Londonderry Kopchovsky, a Latvian immigrant and the first woman to cycle around the world, sit down for one night only for a live recording of a podcast, in which they share and relive their unprecedented feats.
LABELS and MONSTER Come To The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
Winner of more than five international awards, including a Fringe First, Joe Sellman-Leava comes to Bristol in early 2020 with two staggering one-man productions. Monster interrogates entrenched associations between violence and masculinity, asking why some men become monsters. Also coming to The Wardrobe Theatre, Labels examines how language can dehumanise people and tries to answer a complex question: a?oewhere are you from?a??.
DIARY OF AN EXPAT to Embark on UK Tour
Faced with the possibility of having to leave her home of ten years, Cecilia Gragnani is sharing her personal experience and testimonials of others to ask: what does it feel like to be an expat? A comic story of the encounter between a modern migrant and London a contemporary El Dorado craved by generations of young Europeans Diary of an Expat looks at the road to becoming a British citizen, embracing a new nationality whilst staying true to your roots, and the knocks your identity takes when no country claims you as their own. From amusing miscommunications to bewildering legal technicalities, Cecilia delves into the day-to-day of living in a country that can't pronounce your surname.