Search results for "Homegrown"

Omar El-Khairy and Nadia Latif / Homegrown

 Homegrown is a piece commissioned by the National Youth Theatre (NYT) investigating the motivation behind radicalisation of young Muslims in schools.
2019-05-15

Shut down but not silenced: Isis play Homegrown demands to be staged (The Guardian)

 Cancelled in 2015, a play about the radicalisation of young Muslims has now been published. It’s challenging, gloriously authentic and prompts grownup debate. So who is brave enough to put it on? Read the full article
2017-03-08

Homegrown: “Not enough has been said about the silencing of young artists”

 There's no question about it, agreed our panel: the controversial play about radicalisation was censored.
2017-03-07

The inconvenient Muslim: An evening to launch Homegrown

 Art dealing with “the Muslim problem” is branded “urgent”, “brave” and “provocative”. But who's doing the provoking? Who's getting provoked?
2017-02-09

8 Oct: The elephant in the room: parallels between Martyr and Homegrown

 Join Index on Censorship, Actors Touring Company and the Unicorn Theatre for an evening of theatre and debate on Thursday 8 Oct at 7pm.
2015-09-18

Cancellation of Homegrown shows that more support needed for tackling controversial work

 Index on Censorship welcomes the latest statement from the National Youth Theatre clarifying why it cancelled the production of Homegrown, a play which explored Islamic radicalisation among young people in the United Kingdom.
2015-09-08

Statement from members of the cast of Homegrown

 This statement is in response to an email sent by Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of The National Youth Theatre (NYT) to The Arts Council of England (ACE), in which our play, Homegrown, and its creative team were labelled as “extremist”. The creative team did not have an “extremist agenda”, they had one of support and […]
2015-09-08

Statement from the creative team behind Homegrown

 The creative team behind Homegrown responds to the latest developments.
2015-09-08

Letter: Why was Homegrown cancelled?

 Index on Censorship joined English PEN in a letter calling for transparency around the cancellation of the National Youth Theatre production of Homegrown
2015-08-17

Creative team behind Homegrown “deeply shocked” by cancellation

 The creative team behind the cancelled National Youth Theatre production Homegrown said they are "deeply shocked."
2015-08-13

Index calls for transparency on Homegrown cancellation

 Index on Censorship calls on the National Youth Theatre to publicly disclose its dealings with police and council officials in the lead-up to the cancellation of Homegrown.
2015-08-13

Cancellation of Homegrown is very worrying

 It is very worrying that a theatre production about an important subject and one that young people need to be able to discuss and debate should be closed down.
2015-08-05