Rites. Cora Bissett

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       RITES

      A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and Contact, supported by Scottish Refugee Council and Dignity Alert Research Forum.

      Rites was first presented at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on Wednesday 6 May 2015.

       CAST

Janet Kumah	Fatimah/Genet/Kawsar/Wanjiku and various roles
James Mackenzie	Awat/Rageh/Rufus/Susheel and various roles
Beth Marshall	Natalie/Sarah/Vanessa/Carol and various roles
Paida Mutonono	Fara
Elena Pavli	Abhaya/Nailah/Maz/Saynab/Amanda/Amina and various roles

       CREATIVE TEAM

      Created by Cora Bissett and Yusra Warsama

Cora Bissett	Director
Yusra Warsama	Co-Creator
George Aza-Salanger	Dramaturg
Jessica Worrall	Set and Costume Designer
Kate Bonney	Lighting Designer
Patricia Panther	Composer/Sound Designer
Kim Beveridge	Video Designer
Craig Kirk	Animation Designer
George Aza-Selinger	Dramaturg
Beth Morton	Assistant Director
Laura Donnelly	Casting Director

       PRODUCTION TEAM

Gavin Johnston	Production Manager
Susan Martin	Company Stage Manager
Anne Page	Deputy Stage Manager
Simon Hayes	Technical Manager
Amir Sherhan	Sound and Video Supervisor
Jon Meggat	Lighting Technician
Louise Robertson	Wardrobe Supervisor
Stephanie Thorburn	Wardrobe Technician
Beth Morton	Communities Coordinator

      Cover Image:

      Photography by Farrows Creative Design by Dill Design

       INTERVIEWEES

      Rites is based on interviews conducted with people with diverse experiences of Female Genital Mutilation throughout the UK.

      The production would not have been possible without the contributions of these individuals, many of whom have asked not to be named. To all of the interviewees we offer our sincere thanks.

      With thanks to ActionAid for providing valuable interviews from people affected by FGM.

      ActionAid work on eradicating female genital muitilation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Somaliland, The Gambia and Uganda. They provide direct support to women and girls who have escaped FGM; they support communities to learn and talk about its damaging effects; and they train women to form Women’s Watch Groups to report cases of FGM.

       THE COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

      Elaine Connelly, Nina Murray, Suzi Maciver and all at Scottish Refugee Council, Fatou Baldeh, Fiona Tait and all at Dignity Alert Research Forum, Ako Zada, Claire Tudor, Jan McLeod and the Women’s Support Project, Shahin Ashraf, Sanaa Alsabag, Claire English, Amy Conway, Lisa Zimmerman and all at Integrate Bristol, Magda Mosy, Naz Ahmed, Layla Ismail, Vivienne Mpongoshe, Kristina John, Vanessa Pfurrmann, Maryhill Men’s Integration Group, Remzije Sherifi, Alison Davis, Gillian Walsh, Peggy Mulongo and NESTAC, NTW – Gavin Porter and Devinda De Silva, Saria Khalifa and Dina Baky at FORWARD, Harpal Kaur and Ifrahh Moge, Glasgow Integrated Voices, She Choir Manchester and Voice of Hope Choir from Waverley Care, Nimco Ali, Tawona Sithole, Kayd Somali Arts and Literature, Camden Somali Cultural Centre, Hayaat Women’s Trust, Amy Abdelshahid, Rosina Bonsu, Rebecca Wallace, Nicola Loughran, Dougal Gudim, Jamie Learly, Samantha Pearl, Amiera Darwish, Ncuti Gatwa, Michelle Cornelius, Julie Wilson-Nimmo, Tariq Jordan and Natasha Gilmore.

       ABOUT NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND

      In its short life, the National Theatre of Scotland has already earned a significant national and international reputation for its daring and originality.

      The National Theatre of Scotland was established in 2006 and has created over 200 productions.

      Being a theatre without walls and building-free, the Company presents a wide variety of work that ranges from large-scale productions to projects tailored to the smallest performing spaces. In addition to conventional theatres, the Company has performed in airports, schools, tower blocks, community halls, ferries and forests.

      The Company has toured extensively across Scotland, the rest of the UK and worldwide. Notable productions include Black Watch by Gregory Burke which won four Laurence Olivier Awards amongst a multitude of awards, the award-winning landmark historical trilogy The James Plays by Rona Munro, a radical reimagining of Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, presented in Glasgow and at the Lincoln Center Festival and subsequently, Broadway, New York and Let The Right One In, adapted by Jack Thorne from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and screenplay, which won the 2014 South Bank Sky Arts Award for theatre.

      The National Theatre of Scotland creates much of its work in partnership with theatre-makers, companies, venues and participants across the globe. From extraordinary projects with schools and communities, to the ground-breaking online 5 Minute Theatre to immersive pieces such as David Greig’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, the National Theatre of Scotland’s aspiration is to tell the stories that need to be told and to take work to wherever audiences are to be found.

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       ABOUT CONTACT

      Established in 1999, Contact is the national contemporary arts organisation that places young people’s decision-making and leadership at the heart of everything. Young people aged 13+ work alongside our staff in deciding our programme, making staff appointments and serving as Board members. The result is a remarkable, diverse and exciting programme for everyone – whatever your age.

      As well as a wealth of young people’s creative and leadership activity, often with those least likely to engage with the arts, Contact commissions and co-produces around 7-10 new shows each year. These include innovative productions with young people, devised in collaboration with the likes of Stacy Makishi and Forced Entertainment, as well as national touring productions such as The Spalding Suite (Inua Ellams and Benji Reid, with Southbank Centre and Fuel), No Guts No Heart No Glory (Common Wealth) and Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model (Bryony Kimmings).