Becoming British Performances & Exhibition 2025
How much do we change when we move to a new country? What do we embrace, resist, leave behind? Can we really, one day, become "truly" British? And what does that even mean?
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DATES​
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Monday 10 March - Fri 28 March, ROAR Rotherham, Static Exhibition 9am - 4pm
(aside from 10 & 12 March open from 10.30am, 27 March CLOSED)
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TEAM
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Created by Lora Krasteva
Performers in Birmingham Kendra Aaron, Denis Boyer, Lora Krasteva, Mikhail Lim, Maame Ntiri
Performers in Rotherham Samuel Carrera, Isabella Leung, Fredlin Morency, Miray Sidhom, Christina Tsoutsi
Associate Director Christina Tsoutsi
Set design by Bethany Wells
Lighting Design by Marty Langthorne
Production Managed by Misha Benjamin
Stage Managed in Rotherham by Alexander Payne
Soundscape by NikNak
Produced by Claire Gilbert for LVK ltd.
Funded by Arts Council England
Photography by Kevin Blake
Developed with & originally performed by - Denis Boyer, Leonor Estrada Franke, Lora Krasteva, Isabella Leung, Christina Tsoutsi
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​With thanks to Migration Matters Festival, Andy at Yellow Arches, Alex Kelly, Amina Atiq, Morgan Bailey, Kashish Gaba, Michelle Kelly, Jovana Backovic, Tommo Fowler, Roger Williams, Aisha Seriki, Chris Cambell, NikNak, June Bellebono, Tony Ola, Christina Vaughan, Daisy Grant, Livia Barreira, Rachel Newman, Tommi Bryson, Becka, O, MR, Ruba and all the interviewees who choose to remain anonymous; Rob Fellman, Uzma Rani, Chris and Julie at the Necessity Fund, Sheffield Theatres, Stand and Be Counted Theatre, ROAR, Bloc Projects, Theatre Deli, Centrala, Arts Council England, the South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority and European Alternatives.
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Previous
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Friday 07 Feb 4pm -10pm, Centrala Birmingham,
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Sat 08 Feb - Sat 15 Feb, Centrala Birmingham, Static Exhibition
Wednesday 05 March 3pm - 9pm, ROAR Rotherham, Tickets for performance
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A 6 hour work in progress performance was shown as part of Migration Matters Festival 2024
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From December 2022 - February 2023 weworked with a team of 9 artists (poets, choreographers, actors, dramaturgs, sound designers). The artists range from first generation migrants (like myself) to those whose families migrated through to white British. ​I ran two workshops - one in Birmingham at Centrala, and one in London at Theatre Deli in April to further test my ideas.
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This research and development period was supported by Arts Council England, Sheffield Theatres & Necessity Fund.
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Before this R&D I curated a static exhibition which you can read more about here.