Raising awareness of human trafficking
Friday 1 July 2011
Raising awareness of human trafficking
Performance students from Southampton Solent University, alongside students from Kingston University and Florida International University (FIU),USA, are performing a hard-hitting docudrama on human trafficking.
Deborah Fortson’s ‘Body & Sold’ - which was recently performed for policy and lawmakers at The Kennedy Centre, Washington - will take place in the University’s John Millais theatre on July 6 at 7pm.
Directed by FIU’s Phillip Church, the semi-staged, multi-media theatre piece - based on transcripts from young victims of human trafficking - hopes to raise awareness and help halt this criminal activity.
After the Millais showing, which is open to the public, there will be a Question and Answer session with the student performers and Miami artist, Xavier Cortada.
Xaviar will provide an interactive element to the evening with an on site 12x20 foot ‘message mural’ signed and painted by students from Tiffin School, Kingston and Miami Beach High School.
The play will also be performed at the Rose Theatre in Kingston-Upon-Thames on July 8 as part of The International Youth Arts Festival.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE MEDIA OFFICE ON 023 8031 9040
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For free tickets contact Solent University Principal Lecturer, Performance, John Barlow on 023803 19834.
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Students from Solent’s BA (Hons) Performance degree were selected from competitive auditions to take part in the major International performance festival with peers from other Universities.
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Florida International University and Solent University have been working together on joint performance projects for more than 10 years thanks to strong links between Solent University’s Principal Lecturer John Barlow and FIU’s Phillip Church, Head of the Acting Programme. Solent’s Perfotrmance degree programme has also sent a student-crested production of Educating Rita to the Florida International Theatre Festival and a different team of student actors to Greece to perform a devised piece on Human Trafficking at the International Performance Arts Symposium - Commun(icat)ion of Crisis, June 22-25.
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These exciting projects are just part of the external activity undertaken by students on the degree towards getting ‘real world’ work experience.