The first edition of Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative was performed in front of audiences at the Royal Court from Thursday 10 Dec- Sat 12 December. It premiered online on Sunday 13 December and was available to watch for a week.
The edition was written by Miriam Battye, Amir Gudarzi, Nazareth Hassan, Matilda Ibini, Sonia Jalaly, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Somalia Nonyé Seaton, Katherine Soper, Chris Thorpe, Temi Wilkey and Daniel York Loh.
Scripts were submitted on Tuesday 8 Dec, the cast rehearsed on Wednesday 9 Dec and from Thursday 10 Dec the actors performed the work to audiences, script-in-hand, hot off the press.
Audiences, online and in person were taken around the Royal Court building on a journey never before available to the public in this way.
You can read all the scripts in the Living Newspaper: Edition 1 Zine here.
Image: A sports page by Olivia Twist. In summer 2020 artist Olivia Twist who was commissioned to respond to the concept of Living Newspaper with illustrations for the six editions.
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