Seven young women from Lambeth and Southwark are headed to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
with YV Taking Part as part of a cultural exchange to create a new show, Unified Women.
The photo's all shaky cos I'm so excited. We're going to Zimbabwe! 🇿🇼 🛫🗺@YVTakingPart pic.twitter.com/q7RDcr2B2k
— sasha milavic davies (@sashamdavies)
The group will be joining 10 women, also aged between 18 - 25, in Bulawayo to create a response to The Suppliant Women. The response will be directed by Sasha Milavic Davies and written by Zimbabwean writer, Noma Damasane.
Unified Women will explore the issues that arise in The Suppliant Women, with both groups sharing ideas that affect young women, regardless of their background or geographical location over a first week of workshops. In the second week the company will rehearse working with the creative team, including a local designer, before sharing the work with audiences in Bulawayo. The group will also get to explore parts of Zimbabwe and the area around Bulawayo.
You can follow the group's trip and get behind the scenes in rehearsals on the YV snapchat 👻 youngvictheatre, the Taking Part twitter account and the YV's instagram.
The project is supported by the British Council, Zimbabwe and in collaboration with Nhimbe Trust.
