Fair Trade
From: Thursday, 22nd July 2010
To: Sunday, 25 July 2010
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Synopsis
Fair Trade bears witness to the remarkable lives of two very different female survivors of the sex slave trade. The story of their journeys- from their separate home countries to London- is told in a powerfully honest and unsentimental way.
Our Review:
Nancy Groves - 26 July 2010
Celebrities and fringe theatre used not to be common bedfellows but many smaller companies are wising up to the promotional power of a famous name on the press release. In the case of Shatterbox Theatre Company’s Fair Trade, executive producer Emma Thompson has given more than just her name, pouring hours of creative development into the play, as well as a reported £20,000 of her own money in funds.
Originally performed at the Pleasance Islington in February 2009 and now playing in a revised version at Rich Mix before a month at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fair Trade tells the parallel true stories of two victims of sex trafficking, Elena (Anna Holbek) and Samai (Sarah Amankwah). Both dream of escape: Elena from her grey, poverty-stricken existence in a tiny Albanian village; Samai, from the horrors of bloodshed and civil war in Darfur. Both end up in London, where dreams soon dissolve into nightmares.
Shatterbox has avoided worthiness in this impressive production,...
Creative
Anna Holbek (Author)
Shelley Davenport (with Kate Ferguson) (Author)
Shatterbox (Company)
Lotte Wakeham (Director)
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