This October, Durham’s Gala Theatre welcomes a fascinating new show in collaboration with Red Ladder Theatre Company.
Written by Nana-Kofi Kufuor and directed by Dermot Daly, ‘My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored’ is an urgent interrogation of the ever-present topic of racial identity and looks into the story of 15-year-old Reece who finds himself being roughly accosted by the police force outside of a Marks and Spencer’s store.
Reece’s teacher Gillian finds herself frozen in fear and bearing witness to the event as she is present outside the same shop, standing by and watching as the young man’s face is pressed into the wet gravel floor and a policeman’s knee is shoved into his back.
The following day sees Reece locking himself and Gillian in a classroom, refusing to relinquish the key, as he wants his teacher to pay and understand the pain her passive behaviour caused him.
This intense and emotional performance is sure to stay with you for a very long time.
Tickets, priced from £12.00, are available from galadurham.co.uk.
