Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Yusra Warsama

Creatives/Company

Author: Hassan Mahamdallie
Director(s): Hassan Mahamdallie, Jamil Dhillon (assistant director)
Other(s): Rachel Gadsden (visuals), Adam Radolinski (film)