Yasmine Dankwah, one of our brilliant Accelerator 2022-23 Artists, wants to speak to British-Ghanians as research for her new play. Find out more below:
Hi there,
My name is Yasmine and I am in the process of developing a play called garage girls. It follows four British-Ghanaian sisters who run a garage called, Mensah’s Motors, which once belonged to their grandmother, in working-class South London.
Set between 2002-8 in the backdrop of the impending recession, garage girls is a comedy-drama that looks at inheritance both financially and culturally, by interrogating the ways in which Ghanaian culture exists, co-exists, or might cease to within British society. You can read the full synopsis, here.
As part of this development process, I’d like to invite 8 individuals aged 36-46 and 8 individuals aged 16-25 to take part in separate discussions groups, giving you the opportunity to connect with another and share your experience as a Ghanaian growing up in Britain as a young person.
Session details:
The first group for 36-46 year olds will be held:
Location: Fire Station Attic, 82 Peckham Rd, London SE15 5LQ
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Time: 7 – 8.30pm
The 2nd group for 16-25 year olds will be held:
Location: Fire Station Attic, 82 Peckham Rd, London SE15 5LQ
Date: Saturday 10th June 2023
Time: 2-3.30 pm
You will be given £10 for your participation
How to register your interest:
If you are interested, please fill out the form below by Wednesday 17th of May at 5pm
If you are unable to make the date and/or location and would still like to take part, please let me know as there is room for this conversation to happen on a 1-1 basis online.
For more information or questions, please free to drop Yasmine an email at yasdankwahwrites@gmail.com