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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.

44 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Sep 2019 14:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Tisana Amaka Okafor
Ruhab Faith Alabi
Haleema Joan Iyiola
Director Abigail Gonda
Writer Theresa Ikoko

Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Jul 2017 14:15
  • Mon 9 Sep 2019 14:15

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