Free live-streamed performances of powerful anti-racism docu-drama to digitally tour schools & communities this Spring

A New Vic Borderlines docu-drama exploring the negative effects of discrimination, prejudice and hate on communities is being made available to stream from 10-28 May 2021.

Free live-streamed performances of Unite – It’s Not As Simple As Black and White will be available to educational institutions and community groups and is based on experiences shared as part of a Staffordshire-wide project, which has so far engaged almost 2,000 local people.

Launched by New Vic Borderlines, Port Vale FC Foundation Trust, Sporting Communities CIC and Mackman Group, the project combines the power of sport and theatre with the aim of uniting communities and preventing discrimination and prejudice.

Rehearsals begin later this month for the 45-minute play, with the cast including Daniel Braimah (Endz, Pronoun); Vaneeka Dadhria (Cyrano de Bergerac); Shanice Harris (Waiting For, Taking Up Space); Jonny Khan (Level Up, Dungeness); and Al Maxwell (Earthquakes in London).

New Vic Borderlines Director Susan Moffat, said: “The only colours that matter in football are the colours on your shirt. This is the anchoring concept we are using to explore the destructive nature of racism, through the Unite – It’s Not As Simple As Black and White project and performance.

“The play uses the real experiences of people to tell a powerful story about the harm of discrimination, prejudice and hate; and gives the audience opportunities to explore, with the characters, the role we can all play in ending racism.”

For more information and to book a performance, email amahmood@newvictheatre.org.uk.