Motherland – 2 additional performances on 15th March
* Women and children behind bars in the UK.
* Hear their voices. Show you care.
* With Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter
The heartbreaking and heroic journeys of women and children who have sought refuge in the UK, brought to life through personal testimony by refugees and performance by leading actors.
Due to overwhelming response to the sell out performance on Mother’s Day ( see https://womensphere.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/mothers-day-event-at-the-young-vic-highlighting-mothers-and-children-in-detention/) there will be two further performances of Motherland on Sunday 15th March at 3pm and 7.30pm.
For details on booking go to Young Vic website page at http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on?action=details&id=1941 or contact Women for Refugee Women at wrw@womankind.org.uk
All tickets £10 – free to asylum seekers (call 020 7922 2922)
Proceeds to Women for Refugee Women and the Yarl’s Wood Befrienders
* http://www.refugeewomen.com
* http://www.ywbefrienders.org.uk
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