Souvenirs: A play for survivors
Catriona Troth writes about an inspiring dramatic project
Write to Life has never had an impact like it. There was rapt attention and laughter. But by the end, at least half the audience was in tears and all the performers near to it.
Thus writes Sheila Hayman, coordinator of Freedom from Torture’s creative writing group, Write to Life, after the first performance of the group’s play, Souvenirs, which was based on their own experiences as asylum seekers.
Freedom from Torture’s Write to Life group is the longest-running creative writing group for torture survivors in the world. Sheila, a Quaker and member of Hampstead Meeting, has been running the group since 2004.
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