The Lowry Studio’s autumn/winter season features a programme of shows exploring national, cultural, LGBT and ethnic identity.
The Studio "Developed With" show this season comes from Manchester-based writer, performance artist and intensive care doctor, Tuheen Huda.
He won the Library Theatre Company’s Pitch Party competition at The Lowry Studio in 2012 to develop his interactive, autobiographical solo show Pandamonium, which explores the themes of sexual addiction and family in the context of a gay Muslim’s life.
This autumn, The Studio also hosts three performances written and performed by black British women.
Pandora’s Box tells the story of a British-Nigerian mother in turmoil as she tries to decide whether to leave her street-wise son in a strict Nigerian boarding school or return him to the battlefields of inner-London.
Leeds-based performance artist Selina Thompson makes her Lowry debut with Chewing the Fat on November 7. Sitting somewhere between story-telling, stand up, live art and theatre, it is a portrayal of how we live with our bodies.
Marcia Layne (Somebody’s Son, 2012) presents Bag Lady, a bold new play which challenges and celebrates the notion of the angry and strong black woman (November 22).