Live Comedy
Liberation Squares
Three teenage girls forge an unlikely friendship. They challenge each other with TikToks, beat-boxing, rap and dance routines... They just want to build their social media empire, or study astronomy, or become as good a rapper as Megan Thee Stallion. But they undergo a political awakening when they realise that what you say - even what you think - is viewed very differently depending who you are.
When they find themselves the target of the state surveillance "Prevent" programme, they have to fight back. Friendships fracture and loyalties are tested as they pursue different avenues of resistance. In an era when dissent is being criminalised, what does it take to speak up?
This is a riotous, funny play told through the technicolour lens of three teenage girls. Inspired by graphic novels, hip hop, pop culture and real-world activists, Liberation Squares asks what it takes for young Muslim women today to be the heroes of their own stories.
2024 dates
12 April - 27 April 2024
Nottingham Playhouse
30 April - 1 May 2024
The North Wall, Oxford
2 - 11 May 2024
Brixton House, London
16 - 18 May 2024
Birmingham Rep
24 May 2024
Northern Stage, Newcastle
28 - 29 May 2024
Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
5 - 7 June 2024
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
8 June 2024
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Credits
| Vaneeka Dadhria | Ruqaya |
| Asha Hassan | Sabi |
| Halema Hussain | Xara |
| Sonali Bhattacharyya | Writer |
| Milli Bhatia | Director |
| Tomás Palmer | Production Designer |
| Arthur Carrington | Casting Director |
| Tomás Palmer | Costume Designer |
| Joshua Gadsby | Lighting Designer |
| Elena Peña | Sound Designer |
Press
- 19th April: Liberation Squares review (The Guardian)