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Twine
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31 August - 21 September 2024

Twine

31 August - 21 September 2024

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About

"I don’t want to make an adoption show! Too private, too personal, too intimate, too triggering, too scary, and too many ramifications you can't control!"



The Writer has broken this promise; this show is the consequence.

This is Twine—an adoption show. Meet Bark, Sapling and Seed, they will take the Writer on a journey showing us all what our families are and all they could be.

Set in a forest of bloody eggs, ghost family members, vaudeville politicians and broken TVs, this is a twisted liberation. A story of how one shattering moment can transform multiple family trees for generations to come.

Inspired by a true story, this is a show haunted by Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Kat Slater (yes, that one from Eastenders) and Medea (yes, that Greek woman scorned). Taboos will be broken. Yearnings and desires will grow deeper—richer and riskier—than we ever could have imagined.

Cast & Team

Muki Zubis
  • Bark
Nandi Bhebhe
  • Seed
Angelina Chudi
  • Sapling

team

Commissioned by The Yard Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Live Theatre, Theatre in the Mill & Cambridge Junction with support from the Stobbs New Ideas Fund. With support from ‘Support Not Separation’ & the foster parents, adopters, social workers, academics, artists & activists that have shared their stories.

WRAPAROUND EVENTS

The Yard Theatre
Bobby Bakers Edible Home, photographer Andrew Whittuck