Actor Marie Cooper in TheatreFragile’s Meet me in Paradise

Norfolk and Norwich Festival with Berlin’s TheatreFragile

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In summer, Marie Cooper performed with Berlin’s TheatreFragile and their production ‘We Meet in Paradise’ at The Forum for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival – NNF17
17-18 May 2017


In the run up to the two evenings of performances, TheatreFragile ran acting workshops for the local participants, specifically focused on performing in masks. The voices in the audio were of real refugees who had been forced to flee their own countries because it had become too dangerous for them and their families to stay. As performers we acted out the experiences but their voices and stories were their own. We provided the stage for their stories.

It followed the refugees’ harrowing escape, across the sea at the hands of unscrupulous people traffickers, who took advantage of the travellers’ adversity, to the confusing, stressful and worrying time landing on the shores of a new land where they did not speak the language.

‘We meet in Paradise’ was a beautifully choreographed and moving piece of theatre, which engaged the audience and pulled them, literally, onto the stage to participate at the end of the performance and to end on a heartwarming, inclusive and welcoming celebration of mixed cultures.

You can read a review of the show by Eva Stebbing over on the website of the Eastern Evening News

Photos courtesy of TheatreFragile
Video clip courtesy of Richard’s Reality


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