31 October - 17 November 2012
Scotland 2005. A high school in Glasgow. A community that has learned to accept the new wave of asylum seekers in its midst for the past six years. Friendships build; bonds are formed. Life seems settled, until one family is ripped from their home in a Glasgow high rise flat and driven away in the middle of the night to be deported.
Driven by a fierce sense of injustice, the girls fight together for the lives of their friend, for their families' rights, for the rights of children. Despite the risks to their own safety, they take on the Scottish Government and English Home Office and, as a team, succeed where adults and politicians often fail.
Glasgow Girls tells the true story of one of the most vocal and powerful pro-asylum seeker campaigning groups in the country, appearing in two television documentaries and hosts of interviews. Glasgow Girls is a brand new life-affirming Scottish musical with seven strong female leads and a vibrant multicultural voice at its heart. The musical promises to be a celebration of Glasgow and the power of teenagers with a cause.
Glasgow Girls will feature all original songs from the diverse talents of Scots-Asian Rapper MCSoomT, electronic dance programmer Patricia Panther and alt-folk from Cora Bissett.
Inspired by a true story
Conceived for the stage and directed by Cora Bissett
Book by David Greig
Music and Lyrics by Cora Bissett, Rapper MCSoom T, and Patricia Panther
World premiere presented by The National Theatre of Scotland, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Pachamama Productions, Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Citizens Theatre and Merrigong Theatre Company (Australia)
The 2012 production of Glasgow Girls is at Citizens Theatre in Scotland. Glasgow Girls will be presented at Theatre Royal Stratford East in spring 2013.
