Chaskis Theatre presents After Orlando: Pulse, an evening to commemorate this year's tragic nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. For one night only, Gerry's Studio at Theatre Royal Stratford East will become PULSE nightclub in memory of the 49 lives lost there on 12 June 2016.
After Orlando is a global theatre action in response to the fatal Orlando attacks: a playwright driven project comprising over sixty short plays specifically written and curated by emerging and established international voices in theatre. They will be read across the US and UK throughout the Autumn.
The event will include staged readings of 25 plays and poems influenced by the Orlando shootings, plus live music and dancing. All profit from the event will be donated to London LGBT charity Stonewall.
‘We want to give voice to these important plays and to support our local LGBT communities in the process.’ - Raymi Ortuste Quiroga
‘As theatremakers, we have the ability to bring together many singular unique voices toward a common goal. We have invited some of the most admired theatre artists worldwide to participate; to share our grief, our anger, our hope and our desire to combat the violence we are now living with on a daily basis.’ - Kline and Baker of Missing Bolts Productions
‘Making some healing art, some fiery art, some work that just says we can rise up from and through collective mourning.’ - Caridad Svich
This is a Chaskis Theatre production in conjunction with Missing Bolts Productions and NoPassport Theatre Alliance & Press, supported by Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Check out the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129460280464956/
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