A China Plate and Belgrade Theatre Co-Production
Run time: Approximately 65 minutes
Age: 14+
Content warnings: Contains strong language and a reference to suicide. There are references to racism throughout.
"… an exceptional piece of work, deftly handled by the impressive Casey Bailey"
Birmingham Review on Grimeboy
Written by Casey Bailey
Directed by Gail Babb
“They will tell you that legal and illegal are the same as right and wrong. And I’ve told you that you only have to sit still for a moment and watch the pieces move to see what a lie that is.”
Mason is an activist. He’s always been able to talk his way out of trouble, win any argument and speak out against injustice until an incident in a heritage house takes all that away from him. How do you keep speaking up when everything’s designed to silence you?
Written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey (GrimeBoy, Birmingham Rep) and directed by award winning theatre maker, Gail Babb (Stars, Tamasha – OFFIE’S Best New Play 2024), Please Do Not Touch follows Mason into the belly of the systems he’s been protesting.
“One of Birmingham’s best and brightest voices.” – Vanessa Kisuule
“Rooted in local issues and lives, it is utterly refreshing to see this kind of theatre, spoken with its own poetic, streetwise argot.” – The Guardian on Grimeboy
Supported by Birmingham Hippodrome and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Photo © Arnim Friess
© Arnim Friess
© Arnim Friess
© Arnim Friess
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