Worklight Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed, multi-award winning show is a funny, moving and honest story about mixed heritage and immigration.
Writer and performer, Joe Sellman-Leava, uses comedy, poetry and storytelling to chart a childhood growing up in rural 1990’s England, shifting political landscapes and the global refugee crises.
Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Award and Holden Street Theatres’ Edinburgh Award, and shortlisted for the Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award, Labels returns to the place it all...
When I was four years old, my Dad was told our surname might be stopping him from getting a job. So we changed it. It worked.
Worklight Theatre’s award-winning show Labels draws on writer and performer Joe Sellman- Leava’s experiences of being mixed heritage to explore broader issues of racism, immigration and displacement. Labels examines how we use words, the line between curiosity and fear, and the rise of anti-immigration rhetoric.
Despite being born in Gloucestershire, Sellman-Leava grew up constantly being asked where he was really from. Cheltenham! Here, he calls for...
