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20 Stories High at the BBC

Our latest play, ‘I Told My Mum I Was Going On An R.E. Trip…’  which has just finished its national tour, has now been specially commissioned to be broadcast as part of Performance Live.

Performance Live has been branded as a risk-taking and pioneering new strand of programmes that brings some of the most innovative and exciting artists working in performance in England today to prime time Saturday night television on BBC Two in 2017 and 2018.

‘R.E. Trip…’ explores one of society’s last taboos: abortion, and uses verbatim interview material, song and spoken word to portray the stories of real women and their experiences.

Dorcas Sebuyange – ‘R.E. Trip…’ – performer and 20 Stories High Young Actors Company member – wowed an audience at the BBC’s launch of the project, which sits within their new #CultureUK initiative.

Director Julia Samuels said:

We are so excited about the opportunity to get this subject matter out to an even bigger audience. The experience of having an abortion is such a taboo in society, and many women feel that they have to keep it a secret. We are pleased to be able to share these stories far and wide, and help combat the stigma around something that happens to 1 in 3 British women in their lifetimes.”

‘I Told My Mum I Was Going On An R.E. Trip…’ is a co-production between 20 Stories High and Contact Theatre.


Congratulations go to all the other companies commissioned for Performance Live:

Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere by Young Vic with Paul Mason (London)

Flood: To The Sea by Slung Low for Hull UK City of Culture 2017 (Hull)

Get A Round by Eggs Collective (Manchester)

You Can’t Go Back by Ross Sutherland & Loop Projects Ltd. (Essex)

I told my mum I was going on an R.E. trip… by 20 Stories High & Contact (Liverpool/Manchester)

Winged Bull in the Elephant Case by Studio Wayne McGregor & Robin Friend (North Wales/London)

Taxi Tales by Tamasha & Ishy Din (Middlesbrough/London)

East Wall by East London Dance, Hofesh Shechter Company, Historic Royal Palaces, LIFT & Illuminations (London)

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