Nowhere To Belong

Showing at: Almeida Theatre

Box Office: 020 7359 4404

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Drama

"How was I to know that a play, a school play… would end in an almighty scandal which would abruptly take me off the boards forever? Until now that is."

Playing Juliet in 60s Uganda sent shockwaves through Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's family...

Nowhere To Belong captures with warmth and grit how theatre and Shakespeare changed her life.

Alibhai-Brown is well known for her regular radio and television broadcasts and columns in the Evening Standard and The Independent.

Developed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, her poignant and impassioned one-woman show explores the challenges of being Asian in Uganda and Ugandan in Britain.

All proceeds from this performance on Sunday 2 November 2008 will support the Refugee Council, the largest charity working with refugees across the UK. The charity works with men, women and children who have fled persecution in their homelands to rebuild their lives in safety.  For more information please see www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Performance Details

  • opening night: 02 Nov 2008
  • closing: 02 Nov 2008

show times: Sun 18:30

ticket prices: £20

 

cast: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

author: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

director: Gavin Marshall

producer: TARA

 

map: View Map

address: Almeida Street, London, United Kingdom, N1 1TA

nearest tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington (800m)

nearest bus: 4, 19, 30, 43 (Route 43 is accessible)

nearest train: Highbury & Islington

parking: NCP at the Business Design Centre off Upper Street. Some parking available in streets adjoining Almeida Street. Drop off and pick up right outside main entrance. Patrons welcome to use a private phone to arrange pick up.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: TEL 020 7359 4404 ACCESS INFO. 020 7288 4999 EMAIL access@almeida.co.uk

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: available for all disabled people and their companions.

limited mobility: 23 seats in the front row offer the best leg room.

access description: Level access to foyer through automatic sliding doors or through double glass doors opening both ways. Wheelchair users can push a button to open the sliding doors. Box Office with lowered counter in the foyer. Stalls down 6 steps or a sloped walkway. Access to circle via 2 staircases of 27 steps each with handrails on each side. Good signage throughout. The floors in the foyer are concrete.

hearing impaired: Infra-red assisted hearing system in the auditorium and an Induction Loop in the Box Office

guide dogs policy: Allowed into auditorium - please book an aisle seat. Staff are also happy to dog sit.

wheelchairs: 2 spaces for wheelchair/scooter users in the stalls. 8 wheelchair and scooter transfer spaces are available to aisle seats in rows A and B – escorts not required. Theatre also provides 1 wheelchair for loan. Auditorium is carpeted.

toilets: Accessible men’s and women’s in the foyer, each with 1 cubicle that is wider and has handrails for people with mobility difficulties.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilets inside the foyer by the lift.

bars: Level access to Café Bar located just off the foyer area. The Café Bar has wooden floors, moveable seating and offers table service. Section of bar counter is wheelchair accessible (80cm high). Menu available on blackboard written in white chalk and in large print. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium.

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