“When our mothers first arrived in the East End the world was a very different place and London was a very different city.”
From Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood to Keir Starmer’s Island of Strangers, She Was There is a playful exploration of the lives and hidden histories of women who resisted racism in 1970s and 80s London.
The one-woman performance by Tasnim Siddiqa Amin is informed by in-depth research by Dr Julia Giese and will be followed by an informal space for discussion.
"Hats off to the CPT for this fine show, well researched and coming from a place of great passion... Community theatre at its most effective."
Camden New Journal (Human Jam)
