Girls
Theresa Ikoko's award-winning drama written in response to Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls. What happens to friendship when you are just trying to survive?
Theresa Ikoko's award-winning play is the story of three teenage girls who are kidnapped from their school in Nigeria. With their world turned upside down, can their close friendships endure as they struggle to survive their ordeal. There are jokes and fights, hope and despair in equal measure as they wait to see if they have been abandoned to their fate.
Directed by Abigail Gonda
Theresa Ikoko won the Alfred Fagon Award in 2015 and the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2016. She studied psychology and has a Masters in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Theresa has had a variety of roles in prisons, secure settings and social inclusion/community engagement projects and now works in the area of gangs and serious youth violence.
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Writer Theresa Ikoko on bringing her award-winning play to Radio 4
On the BBC Writersroom blog
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Tisana | Amaka Okafor |
| Ruhab | Faith Alabi |
| Haleema | Joan Iyiola |
| Director | Abigail Gonda |
| Writer | Theresa Ikoko |
Broadcasts
- Fri 14 Jul 201714:15BBC Radio 4 FM
- Mon 9 Sep 201914:15BBC Radio 4
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