Hiroshima Dispersed - International play readings to commemorate Hiroshima Day on 6 August in Deptford

Members of London Bubble Theatre and local people will take part in a public play reading to commemorate Hiroshima Day, on the 70th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. The reading will take place on Thursday, August 6, at 8.30 pm at Creekside Discovery Centre, Deptford, SE8. A lantern making workshop will accompany the reading, and the lanterns will be floated in the creek at the end of the evening.

This reading is part of Hiroshima Dispersed, which will see 7 countries, (signifying the 7 rivers of Hiroshima) hold public readings of ‘Grandchildren of Hiroshima’ and inviting their communities to remember the impact of the day, 70 years ago. The play will be read by theatre communities in Pune in India, in South Africa, in Belgium, in Philippines, in Milwaukee, on the West Bank in Palestine and by Wimborne Theatre and London Bubble in the UK.

Written by Misaki Setoyama and directed by Yorie Akiba and Bubble’s Jonathan Petherbridge, ‘Grandchildren of Hiroshima’ will be performed in Hiroshima by a community cast on 6^th August, and will also be performed in Tokyo. It is the culmination of a project developed by London Bubble, in a creative partnership with the Hiroshima Peace Museum and theatres in Japan.

Jonathan Petherbridge, London Bubble says, “We are very excited to be helping to connect up this chain of small local companies, who work with their various communities in different parts of the world. It seems an appropriate way to share the important story of Hiroshima – a story many young people know little about – working at a human level on a live reading of words gathered from the elders of Hiroshima who, as they say in Japan, “met the bomb”.”

HIROSHIMA  DISPERSED
6^th August, 8.30pm – 11pm
Creekside Discovery Centre, Deptford, SE8
Free to attend. Suitable for people of all ages.

London Bubble  http://www.londonbubble.org.uk

London Bubble brings people together to create, participate in and enjoy theatre. It provides the artistic direction, skills, environment and resources to create inspirational, inclusive, involving theatre, which shares stories that animate the spaces of the city and the spirits of its citizens.