The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye – OPIA/Bunker Theatre

THEATRE (Cross-Arts, New Writing, Female/LGBTQ+)

OPIA Collective and The Bunker in association with The Maya Centre present:
The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye
WORLD PREMIERE

A cross-arts explosive collaboration of female and LGBTQIA+ artists that tells the story of a friendship complicated by the revelation of trauma
The Bunker Theatre, 12 – 27 January 2020 (Sundays and Mondays), 7.30pm (65 mins)

Written and directed by Masha
Kevinovna

“Innovative and challenging work
that addresses important issues
and pushes boundaries.”
Sabrina Mahfouz

Following a string of sell-out scratch performances, OPIA Collective present their debut show, The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye.

Two women, three voices, one story…

Phil is keeping a secret that she might never overcome. Helen is an artist with opportunities but must battle everyone’s expectations. A swan sings…

Desperate to stand out amongst a sea of artists and pressured to exploit her own narrative, Helen compromises a close friendship when she finds inspiration in Phil’s story. But is it possible to tell someone’s story without silencing them along the way?

The Girl With Glitter in Her Eye tells the story of a complex, female friendship complicated by the revelation of trauma and examines where the boundaries of consent lie. Fusing spoken word, original composition, live music and exceptional performances, OPIA Collective explore socially and politically challenging topics in their trademark multidisciplinary style.

Director Masha Kevinovna said, ‘The original aim with this story was to explore and expose rape culture that is engrained into our society yet as the show developed it evolved into becoming a story about consent and the different contexts in which the lines are blurred. It is a particularly important theme not just for me personally but in the current political landscape where voices are being removed or silenced with ease.

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OPIA Collective was formed in 2018 as a collective of six artists who identify as either queer, female or both and whose strengths lie in various art forms such as film-makers, writers, musicians, poets and dancers. Their primary mission is to create multidisciplinary work that brings an authentic representation of the female and LGBTQIA+ experience. The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye has been performed, commissioned and developed at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Lyric Hammersmith, Battersea Arts Centre, Omnibus and The Albany. They have also been programmed for their latest show, This Queer House, at Theatre Peckham and will be taking this show to Vault Festival 2020. The Creative Team is spearheaded by Masha Kevinovna who was recently Assistant Director to Stef O’Driscoll at Royal Court on A History of Water in the Middle East; Nikita Karia (Producer) and Ben Ramsden, 2018 nominee for The Gold Medal Prize at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music.

Running Time: 65 mins | Suitable for ages 15+

Company information
Written and directed by Masha Kevinovna Produced by Nikita Karia

Cast
Modupe Salu, Anna Mackay, Naomi Gardener, Ben Ramsden

Listings information
Bunker Theatre, 53A Southwark St, London SE1 1RU
12 – 27 January 2020, (Sundays and Mondays only) 7.30 – 8.30pm
Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00)
www.bunkertheatre.com/ | 0207 234 0486