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STYT December 2023 Shows

Tickets are now on sale for our 3 youth theatre December shows all looking a version of Ch...

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And… And… And… at the Traverse Reviews

Strange Town Touring Company are on the road with our new show “And… And…...

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Callout for Playwrights – Summer 2024

We are looking to commission up to 3 new plays from early career playwrights for performan...

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Photos from our June 2023 Shows

Great news! You can now find all of the photos from our shows this summer online. Just cli...

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Booking now open for Summer Holiday Projects 2023!

Create your own play in 5 days with the Strange Town Summer Holiday Projects! Sign-up is n...

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Tickets available for our SSC shows in June!

We’re thrilled to announce that tickets are now ON SALE for our younger groups’...

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We are seeking to appoint a new Chair (Apr 23)

Following a decade and a half of growth and innovation Strange Town are seeking to appoint...

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Tickets available now for Traverse shows in June!

We’re thrilled to announce that tickets are now ON SALE for our return to the Traver...

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World Theatre Day

It’s World Theatre Day today (Monday 27th March) and we wanted to take the chance to...

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Callout for Playwrights – December 2023

We are looking to commission up to 3 early-career playwrights to write short plays to be p...

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Easter Holiday Projects: Sign-up open!

Sign-up for our Easter Projects is now open! Our theme this year? Treachery! Careful what ...

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Dec 2022 Photos:
Needles

Photos from our Friday 11-14s group’s performance of Needles by Ella Hällgren at the Sc...

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Dec 2022 Photos:
Dungeons and Flagons

Photos from our 8-10s group’s performance of Dungeons and Flagons by Katie Fraser at the...

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Dec 2022 Photos:
A Christmas Michael

Photos from our Wednesday 11-14s group’s performance of A Christmas Michael Miracle ...

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St Merch Store

Wear your heart (star) on your sleeve! New ST merch store now open, T-shirts, hoodies and ...

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December 2022 Shows

Click on the posters below to buy tickets for each show- Friday 8-10s: Wednesday 11-14s: F...

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New Patron: Lewis Gribben

We are very excited to announce our 3rd patron: Lewis Gribben. Lewis has been represented ...

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Donate to Strange Town

Read all about Strange Town’s work from 2019 here: Strange Town Review of 2019 Since...

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Auditions – HER

Strange Town Touring Company in partnership with Thrive Edinburgh are seeking four actors ...

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Recruiting: Agency Assistant
(Fixed Term 12 months)

Strange Town is seeking a full time Agency assistant to ensure the administrative integrit...

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STTC: Storm Lantern
Feedback and Reviews

Storm Lantern by Duncan Kidd It only takes one voice to resist. Caught by the Nazis distri...

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Grey background, text reads Storm Lantern. The word storm is in red and the word lantern is in white.

Tickets now on sale for public performance of Storm Lantern

Storm Lantern by Duncan Kidd Public Performance Saturday 8th October Click here to book at...

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Callout for Playwrights – June 2023

We are looking to commission up to 2 new plays from early career playwrights themed around...

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Tickets for Scottish Storytelling Centre shows also on sale!

We’re very happy to announce that tickets for our 3 shows at the Scottish Storytelli...

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Tickets for Traverse shows now on sale!

We’re very happy to announce that tickets for our 3 shows at the Traverse are now on...

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Sign-up for the Summer Drama Project is now open!

Sign-up is now open for the 8-10s & 11-14s Summer Drama Projects. Each group will crea...

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Strange Town is looking to commission new playwrights!

We are looking to commission up to 3 new plays from early career playwrights themed around...

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Strange Town is hiring Freelance Drama Facilitators!

Strange Town are looking to add new Freelance Workshop Leaders & Assistants to our t...

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Easter Holiday Project – Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 April, Thursday 21 & Friday 22 April 2022 – Booking Now Open

Easter Project: Top secret, creative eyes only Your mission, should you choose to accept i...

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Just Published- Two Strange Town Commissioned Scripts – ‘Balisong’ by Jennifer Adam and ‘Love Bites’ by Sam Siggs

Strange Town are delighted to announce the publication of two scripts, ‘Balisong’ by J...

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Gen Z: Online Gallery

There was some wonderful work created this year that didn’t make it in to our final ...

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Tickets

GEN Z: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN In answer to the question, “can young people change the w...

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Press Coverage: Gen Z: The Future is Unwritten

To read about the show and buy tickets head this way: https://strangetown.org.uk/tickets/ T...

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Strange Town appoints new Chair of the Board

The Board and Management Team of Strange Town are delighted to announce the appointment of...

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Strange Town receives Creative Scotland Open Fund award

https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2021/01/open-fund?dm_i=FES...

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Seeking new Chair person

Following a decade of growth and innovation, Strange Town’s Chair, John Naylor, has ...

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Nandi Swayers-Hudson in Organ Donation Campaign

Agency client Nandi Sawyers-Hudson appears in this very important short film for the Sco...

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Paddy Towers in new Children’s Reporter film

Agency client Paddy Towers appears in this very important short film for the Scottish Chil...

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Silvie Furneaux shooting Crime Drama ANNIKA

One more lovely piece of agency news to share before we log off for the break, Silvie Furn...

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World Mental Health Day: Monologues

We were invited to take part in #ThriveFest for World Mental Health day this year, organis...

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Dr Korczak’s Example Throwback

Back in January 2018 Strange Town were asked to stage ‘Dr Korczaks’ Example’ by ...

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Spotlight blog post: Keeping motivated…

Ruth has written a blog post for casting website Spotlight with advice and tips for young ...

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New opportunities for 18-25s

Click the bottom of the flyers below to find out more about each of our new groups....

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Educated on BBC Scotland

Short film Educated which features Strange Town agency client Silvie Furneaux can be seen ...

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Get Duked on Amazon Prime 28th August

Get Duked! (previously known as Boyz in the Wood) is coming to Amazon Prime on 28th August...

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Uzma Shaikh in Psychic Overload

Strange Town agency client Uzma Shaikh can now be seen in Psychic Overload- part of BBC wr...

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Tallulah Greive on her fears for the future of theatre

Last week Strange Town’s patron was interviewed by Brian Ferguson for Scotland on Su...

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First Brendan O’Connor Bursary recipient accepted to LIPA

The Brendan O’Connor bursary is run by Orla O’Connor Casting and Strange Town to suppo...

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Theatre at home

During the ongoing lockdown we’ve come across lots of exciting ways to enjoy theatre...

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Educated at Palm Springs Short Film Festival

Strange Town agency client Silvie Furneaux appears in short film Educated which was select...

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May 24

This past weekend, we had an exciting collaboration with @vicreatorsscotland and @greenstoneaudio

Our young members of the Thursday 14-18s have been working alongside Kirin Saeed of VICS to write and record their own short audio descriptions for each of their characters in our June show "Haribo Wedding"

Once written, each group member made their own recording with James of Greenstone Audio this past weekend.

We're very proud to announce that Haribo Wedding will be our first ever show with audio description, with AD performances on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th June at the Traverse Theatre.

Tickets for Haribo wedding (and our other Traverse shows, 'Over the Waves' & 'The Kind Complex') are available online now!

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May 24

We're delighted that two productions featuring Strange Town Agency clients have been shortlisted for Broadcast Digital Awards!

🌹RED ROSE featuring @silviefurneaux1 & @ruaridhmollica is shortlisted for Best Drama Programme

💍THE WEDDING featuring @nandihudson is shortlisted for Best Short-Form Scripted

Winners to be announced on 5th July! 🤞🌟

https://www.broadcastdigitalawards.co.uk/shortlist-2023

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May 19

📺 ANNIKA, starring Agency client @silviefurneaux1, is moving to BBC1 this weekend! You can watch Episode 1 tomorrow, Saturday 20th, at 9:15pm.

🕵️ Series 1 follows witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed (@Nicolawalker Walker) as she heads up the marine homicide unit, tasked with solving murders in and around Scotland's waters.

🧍‍♀️Silvie plays Annika's daughter Morgan.

🌟The show previously aired on Alibi, and will have a second season later in 2023.

@bbc @blackcamelpictures
#annika #annikastrandhed #morganstrandhed #bbc #bbcone

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May 17

Break a leg to Agency client and Strange Town Patron @@tallulahgreive and the rest of the ANNA KARENINA company, who have their press night tonight at @lyceumedinburgh - We are so excited to see it! 🤩🎟🎭

The production runs in Edinburgh until Saturday 3rd June, and will then transfer to @bristololdvic1766.

#annakarenina #lyceumtheatre #lyceumtheatreedinburgh #bristololdvic

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May 17

KIDNAPPED (National Theatre of Scotland) is also amongst the CATS nominations announced today. The show is nominated for 4 awards, including Best Production and Best Ensemble.

Congratulations to Agency client Fatima Jawara (ensemble member) and the whole team!

📷 Mihaela Bodlovic

https://criticsawards.theatrescotland.com/2023-shortlist/

@ntsonline @fatima.jawara #catsawards #catsawards2023

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May 17

We are delighted to say we have been nominated for a CATS award this year for our Touring Company production of Storm Lantern for "Best Production for Children and Young People".
Huge congratulations to all our fellow nominees also! #CATS23

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May 15

A wonderful time was had at the @bafta Television Awards last night in London, huge congratulations to all the winners!!

What an incredible accolade for SOMEWHERE BOY to be amongst such amazing nominations, a real achievement by a fantastic team and show! 👏🤩🌟@channel4 @clerkenwellfilms @gribbenlewis #baftatvawards #baftatv #baftas2023 #bafta #somewhereboy #clerkenwellfilms

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May 14

Hooray, hooray, it's BAFTAs day! 🤩

Ruth is off to the ceremony with our wonderful Agency client and Strange Town Patron @gribbenlewis, as SOMEWHERE BOY (in which Lewis plays lead role Danny), is nominated for Best Drama Series.

Everyone at Strange Town sends huge good luck wishes to Lewis and the team! 🤞🌟

@bafta @channel4 @clerkenwellfilms

#baftatvawards #baftacraftawards #somewhereboy #clerkenwellfilms

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May 12

⭐️Our final SSC show this June is:

🧜‍♀️ Lola is Alone (And She Likes It) by Josie Young
🎭 Performed by the Friday 8-10s
🏅 Directed by Catherine Ward-Stoddart

Lola the fox has always been alone… and she likes it. She can eat what she wants, go where she wants and go to bed whenever she likes. But one morning, her world is turned upside down when her home is destroyed!

On the hunt for a new, cosy den before the night is up, Lola is determined that she can do it by herself. Along the way, however, she meets some friendly faces that might just convince her that having some helping hands (and paws) isn't so bad.

🗓Dates & Times⌚️
Saturday 10th June, 3pm
Sunday 11th June, 11.30am
Scottish Storytelling Centre

🎫Tickets are available at:
https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:4710/

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May 11

🙌 Congratulations to Agency client Aaron MacGregor and the whole team behind animated film KENSUKE'S KINGDOM, which has been announced as one of the selections at the Annecy Festival 2023!!

🌊 Aaron voices lead role Michael in the film, which is based on the much-loved children's novel of the same name, written by Michael Morpurgo.

🎬The Annecy Festival is a global event dedicated to animation, and the 2023 Festival takes place from 11th-17th June.

https://www.awn.com/news/annecy-2023-official-feature-film-selections-revealed

@annecyfestival @lupusfilms @neil.boyle.film
#annecyfestival #annecy2023 #kensukeskingsom

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May 11

⭐️Our second SSC show this June is:

🧜‍♀️ Wild Tides of Clíodhna by Naomi Westerman
🎭 Performed by the Wednesday 11-14s
🏅 Directed by James Beagon

What makes a monster?

When a disparate group of young people spend the summer at a youth camp on the Isle of Clíodhna, unexplained violent deaths send the camp into uproar. As the campers realise they are stranded with a killer who may not be human, they battle to save their friends and themselves. All the while, one girl faces both her past and a devastating decision about her future.

🗓Dates & Times⌚️
Friday 9th June, 9pm
Saturday 10th June, 7pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre

🎫Tickets are available at:
https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:4708/

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May 10

⭐️Our first SSC show this June is:

🚢I Was Here by Katie Fraser
🎭Performed by the Friday 11-14s
🏅Directed by Amy Wilson

"We were there. We know what happens next."

One ship and two groups split by time. As one group prepares to evacuate at the height of WWII, another explores their shipwreck in the modern day. A third group watches over all of them: sea spirits, who have been there long before the ship and will outlast the wreck as well.

The outcome is inevitable – or is it? As the modern group investigate, the mystery of the wreck draws them closer to the past – much closer than they intended.

🗓Dates & Times⌚️
Friday 9th June, 7pm
Saturday 10th June, 9pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre

🎫Tickets are available at:
https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:4709/

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May 9

You can now watch Agency client Mimi Robertson in THE DUMPING GROUND! Mimi appears as guest role Maisie in Episode 13 of Series 10, available now on @bbciplayer 🌟

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001ll6z/the-dumping-ground-series-10-13-natural-habitat

#thedumpinggroundcbbc
#thedumpingground

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May 9

Create your own play in 5 days with the Strange Town Summer Holiday Projects! Sign-up is now open for all three projects:

🎭8-10s
🗓Monday 3rd - Friday 7th July
⌚️9am-4pm
🏣Out of the Blue Drill Hall
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🎭11-14s
🗓Monday 10th - Friday 14th July
⌚️9am-4pm
🏣Out of the Blue Drill Hall
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🎭14-18s
🗓Monday 17th - Friday 21st July
⌚️10am-5pm
🏣Out of the Blue Drill Hall
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💷£155, but discounted and free spaces are available

📧To sign-up, please contact James at james@strangetown.org.uk

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Apr 28

🎬 Agency client and Strange Town Patron @gribbenlewis has recently wrapped on new psychological horror film THE DAMNED, which shot in Iceland earlier this year.

THE DAMNED follows Eva, a 19th-century widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post. Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices...

Written by Jamie Hannigan and directed by @thordurpalsson, the film also stars Odessa Young, @theotherjoecole and Siobhan Finneran.

More info here: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/joe-cole-odessa-young-the-damned-1235596349/

📸 credit: David Reiss
@protagonistpictures @elationpicturesltd @wildatlanticpictures @leylineentertainment @variety

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Apr 28

Last Saturday, our Youth Board had their final meeting of the academic year!

The Youth Board has been an excellent addition to the Strange Town team. Made up of young people aged 11-25, they have chaired their own meetings and come up with their own agenda.

Their ideas and enthusiasm have helped direct and guide our goals this year in ways we wouldn't have imagined at the start of this process. We owe them a great deal of thanks for all their hard work!

The Strange Town Youth Board was part of the National Youth Arts Advisory Group programme of work, supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

After a brilliant pilot project in 22/23, we are very much looking forward to continuing the success of our Youth Board into next year.

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Apr 27

Our third and final Traverse show this June is:

Haribo Wedding by Andy Edwards
Performed by the Thursday 14-18s
Directed by Bradley Cannon

Kids and grown-ups love it so…

Memories of ‘the big day’ pull tightly at the heartstrings of Niamh and her friends. After graduating high school, they plan to recreate the magic. Time for the ultimate Haribo Wedding.

As darkness falls, they gather at St Anthony’s Chapel in Holyrood Park. Back where it began, to celebrate the end … but they get more than they bargained for. If Nostalgia’s angels call, you can’t refuse the invite.

Was the Haribo Wedding ever as cute as it seemed in primary? What really happened that day? Were they the same people back then … and who were the unfortunate souls they left behind?

Award-winning playwright Andy Edwards makes their Strange Town debut with Haribo Wedding. This creeping horror about nostalgia explores how our childhood memories are the ones most susceptible to a collective self-edit.

Charlie Houston will be Audio-Describing both performances, supported by Visually Impaired Creators Scotland.

Dates & Times:
Friday 16th June, 7pm
Saturday 17th June, 8.30pm

Tickets are available at:
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/haribo-wedding-summer-23

Get 25% off for booking two Strange Town shows and 33% off for booking all three!

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Apr 26

Our second Traverse show this June is:

The Kind Complex by Isla Cowan
Performed by the Tuesday 14-18s
Directed by Catherine Ward-Stoddart

Tell me about your childhood.

Welcome to the Kind Complex – the factory of the future, where only the best and brightest teenagers of the tech generation are selected to work.

When Agnes joins the design team, she enters the manufactured world of human-Kin: artificial intelligence humanoids created for hospitality and service jobs humans don’t want. The Kin go through a rigorous development process, equipped with childhood memories to replicate individuality, and provide a better customer experience.

But Agnes isn’t here to make Kin; instead, she’s here for answers, for change and, if necessary, revolution.

Award-winning playwright Isla Cowan returns to Strange Town to conjure up a new world of sanitised tech and sinister ambitions, glimpsing five minutes into the future to ask what truly makes us human.

Dates & Times:
Friday 16th June, 8.30pm
Saturday 17th June, 3pm

Tickets are available at:
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/the-kind-complex-summer-23

Get 25% off for booking two Strange Town shows and 33% off for booking all three!

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Apr 26

We are so thrilled that short film BLACKWOOL featuring Agency client William Alexander (@_william.petrie_) as Jonny will have its world premiere as part of the 2023 @tribeca Film Festival in New York!

The film (written and directed by @eubhaakilade ) tells of a London teenager who, on her first day at a high school in rural Scotland, is targeted for her afro hair by cocksure class bully and must harness her inner power.

The Tribeca Film Festival will take place from 7th-18th June. Huge congratulations to William and the team for this huge achievement! 🤩🙌

#tribecafilmfestival #tribecafilmfestival2023

Full details here: https://deadline.com/2023/04/tribeca-festival-sets-2023-short-film-lineup-complete-list-1235335916/

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