The above post is a review of the `Glasgow Girls.`
Cleverly, David Greig's book mocks the very idea of a musical based on a group of schoolgirls campaigning against the treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow - and some characters are happier than others to find themselves on stage. Considering that the cast all play multiple roles (and at times themselves) it sounds on paper as if it could get very complicated, very quickly, but helped by some superfast costume changes it hangs together seamlessly.
From Wikipedia:
The Glasgow Girls are a group of seven young women in Glasgow, Scotland, who have highlighted the poor treatment of failed asylum seekers. Named by two of its members Amal Azzudin and Roza Salih, the group was established by the group who were all members of Drumchapel High School in Glasgow in response to the detention of one of their friends, Agnesa Murselaj. Publicity grew as the girls challenged the First Minister and publicly voiced their concerns as more children at their school were dawn raided, detained and deported.
After visiting the Scottish Parliament twice, The Glasgow Girls obtained cross-party support on the issue.
The group won the Scottish Campaign of the Year Award in 2005 at the annual Scottish politician of the year ceremony for their hard work. However, it did not stop them from demanding to know just what had happened to the "protocol" Jack McConnell that had promised to obtain from the Home Office that social services, education services, and the Immigration police would be consulted before the removal of a family.
Two documentaries have been made by the BBC about their campaign, one of which won the Nations and Regions Award in the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.[1]
In 2013 a musical was released at the Stratford East Theatre depicting the life of the Glasgow Girls.
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