Seven provocative new plays and four challenging debates sit at the heart of the Royal Exchange Theatre’s festival B!RTH.
A creative partnership with The Oglesby Charitable Trust, B!irt is an international theatre festival designed to generate debate on a global scale.
Bringing together leading voices from the worlds of art, science, academia, politics and charities—including Shami Chakrabarti, Aowen Jin and Professor Lesley Regan—the festival addresses the vast inequality in healthcare across the world.
Performed across four days, B!RTH will take over the Exchange building with a programme of new writing, installations, workshops and debates from October 19 to 22. The cast includes Minar Anwar, Elizabeth Chan, Nadia Emam, Shobna Gulati, Carla Henry, Danielle Henry and Purveen Hussain.
The plays include: A Son Soon by Xu Nuo, Ouroboros by Swati Simha. Orchid by Mũmbi Kaigwa, Q&Q by Liwaa Yazji, Choices by Stacey Gregg, So Far As A Century’s Reach by Kirsten Greenidge and The Birth Machine by Marcia Zanelatto.