Live Fringe
4 – 5 January 2017, 8pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio
60 min with no intermission
Fringe Highlight • Asian Premiere
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Labels is a funny, moving and true story about mixed heritage and multiculturalism.
Worklight’s new show charts Joe Sellman-Leava’s childhood in ‘90s rural England, and uses family stories to examine the differences between curiosity and fear, the words and numbers we stick on each other, as well as to answer where he is really from.
Winner of four awards (Scotsman Fringe First, Holden Street Theatres’ Award, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Award, and Peace Foundation Award), Labels was also shortlisted for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award and Fringe World’s Theatre Award.
Don’t miss this internationally acclaimed smash hit!
“A gentle firestorm of a play.”
—Catherine Lamm, British Theatre Guide, ★★★★★
“Robust, enlightening and touching.”
—Richard Beck, Broadway Baby, ★★★★★
“If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket, label yourself a winner.”
—Stephanie Withers, Three Weeks ★★★★★
WORKLIGHT THEATRE is an award-winning, internationally touring theatre company whose work responds to a rapidly changing world. Their collaborations with psychologists, scientists and policy makers have led to a unique theatrical process, and their work incorporates innovative uses of text and a highly visual style.
RELATIONSHIP TO ART & SKIN
Labels is a true story about mixed heritage, historical and contemporary racist and far-right rhetoric, and an ongoing refugee crisis. The show examines people’s skin-deep prejudices, the shadow of colonial history, and the human impact of labelling people.
