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BECAUSE
THE COCKPIT THEATRE, LONDON, JULY-AUGUST 2024
SET, COSTUME, AND VIDEO DESIGNER
WRITTEN BY HASSAN GOVIA
DIRECTED BY REBECCA GOH
PRODUCED BY UNSHADED ARTS
SET & COSTUME DESIGN BY GULFEM OZDOGAN
VIDEO DESIGN BY GULFEM OZDOGAN
SOUND DESIGN BY MALAK ALHAJRI
PERFORMED BY HASSAN GOVIA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHARLES FLINT
BECAUSE IS A ONE-MAN SHOW THAT FOLLOWS JADE, A CHARACTER WHO RELUCTANTLY BEGINS THERAPY DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUGGLES. THE PLAY EXPLORES HOW JADE CONFRONTS THE BURIED EMOTIONS LINKED TO THE DEATH OF A GIRL NAMED JADE, WHO BULLIED HIM THROUGHOUT SCHOOL.
WHY DID JADE CHOOSE TO SUPPRESS HIS EMOTIONS FOR SO LONG? COULD THIS HAVE LED TO A FRACTURED SENSE OF IDENTITY? THE STORY DELVES INTO HOW WE FACE THE CRITICAL, DARKER VOICES WITHIN OURSELVES AND WHETHER THERAPY CAN SERVE AS A CONFRONTATION WITH ONE'S TRUE SELF.












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