We Come from Far, Far Away

Running time 50 minutes. No interval
Summary in slovene.

Director Alex Byrne
Dramaturg Kjell Moberg
Set and costume designer Kateřina Housková
Composer David Hlaváč
Lighting designer Šimon Kočí

Cast
Václav Kalivoda, Iva Moberg, Robert Orr, Julia Masli

This is a performance for younger audiences about refugees and refuge.

We Come from Far, Far Away is a performance for younger audiences exploring the stories of refugees. We have developed the show working with Hvalstad Transittmottak, the Reception Centre in Norway, a centre that provides a first reception point for young refugees (aged 13 – 18) who have arrived alone to claim asylum in Norway. Most were from Afghanistan and Syria and had made the journey to Norway alone. Their stories are difficult and amazing. They were full of energy and life and hope for the future. In this performance we have tried to tell one of them in a simple and intimate way using live music, story telling, shadow puppets and objects in an immersive setting.
"I had a tent, I bought it in a supermarket in Greece, there was a sign which I could not read apart from that it said € 100 which was crossed out and then was written €40 in red! That’s called a bargain – so I took my money and I stood in the line. I tried to look normal. When I got to the desk I gave the man my money, he put it in the till and then he asked me something, I smiled, and then he started to shout at me, he shouted and shouted, so I took my phone out and stated to film him….."

The performance is supported by the Arts Council Norway and Arts Council England.
The performance in Maribor is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.