The Crows Plucked Your Sinews
Synopsis
A one woman play about Somalis in Britain and Britain in Somalia.
Based on real events and featuring the epic lyrical tradition of Somalia, The Crows Plucked Your Sinews is a unique exploration of the violence of empire and the poetry of resistance.
May 2011: A young Somali woman sits in the dark of a Woolwich council house watching the assassination of Osama Bin Laden unfold on TV. Upstairs her ailing grandmother is talking to ghosts.
August 1913: The British are at war…in the Horn of Africa. In the interior of British Somaliland the hunt for the ‘Mad Mullah’ is on. A woman dervish warrior searches the body of a British Tommy. In the morning the killing will begin.
Soon these two worlds will collide and change everyone’s lives.
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Credits & Acknowledgments
Written and Directed by Hassan Mahamdallie
Performed by Yusra Warsama
Visuals by Rachel Gadsden
Film by Adam Radolinski
Assistant Director Jamil Dhillon
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Reviews
The Crows Plucked Your Sinews brings to life a woman dervish the likes of which you have never seen on a British stage
Madani Younis, Artistic Director, The Bush Theatre, London.
A thought provoking and superbly performed play
Manchester Theatre Awards
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