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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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