The Table

A version for Platforma Festival directed by Suba Das, with Musical Direction by Rob Green and Movement Direction by Miguel Hernando Torres Umba.

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What does it take to become a refugee, migrant, or asylum seeker today?

Developed from real interviews with first-generation economic and war migrants in Bournemouth and Peterborough, this bold new play is made to change.

Every production of The Table is uniquely put together by each performance company using 40 scenes written by Scotsman Fringe First & Amnesty International Award-winning playwright, Peterborough-born Aisha Zia, and based on three years of research with migrant communities across the UK.

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This production as part of Platforma Festival has been made by a company of three professional actor-musicians living in the UK and born in Turkey, Iran and Zimbabwe. Directed by Suba Das (whose diverse credits include the world premiere production of Ravi Shankar’s only opera Sukanya for The Royal Opera House and London Philharmonic Orchestra), with musical direction by Rob Green(an Ivor Novello “In The Making” artist) and Movement Direction from Miguel Hernando Torres Umba (Rumble In The Jungle: Rematch, Secret Cinema, Terminal 1 @ Glastonbury); this version of  The Table threads together deeply humane scenes about the challenging and joyous shared experiences of migrants in the UK with haunting folk music and songs from across the world.