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Outsiders (2015)

This production was part of the Boomerang Project: an EU Culture funded project connecting 6 companies and 3 continents – all discussing issues of migration and immigration and its impact on young people in particular.

The sun was beating down on the beach. Five shots rang out and a man fell to the ground. A nameless Arab, dead.

Many years later two women, one French, one Algerian look up at the so blue sky and wonder what really happened to their lives that day and who they and each other are now.

Pilot Theatre will take Albert Camus’ classic novel L’Étranger and retell it throughout the eyes of Marie Cardona.

 

This production was part of the Boomerang Project: an EU Culture funded project connecting 6 companies and 3 continents – all discussing issues of migration and immigration and its impact on young people in particular.

www.boomerang-project.com

Pilot worked with the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) on two new theatre commissions for Boomerang. Following on from the project meeting in Vancouver in the summer of 2014 both Companies asked a writer to write a response play to Camus’ novel L’Étranger (The Outsider) to explore themes of otherness, dislocation and differing perspectives.

Pilot Theatre commisioned Alex Evans to direct Patricia Cornelius’ play in Sydney in July 2015 and ATYP’s Artistic Director, Fraser Corfield, came over to York to direct Emteaz Hussain’s play in September 2015. Both productions were supported by participation projects for young people and connected digitally to allow audiences the the opportunity to see both shows whichever continent they live on!

www.atyp.com.au

Education Resource

A free downloadable education pack has been created for this production to support teachers and students.

Download Outsiders Resource Pack PDF

Interview with the Director and Cast

In this episode of British Theatre Guide’s podcast, director Fraser Corfield and performers Lou Broadbent and Sara Sadeghi talk to Mark Smith about the process of creating this piece as a cross-cultural collaboration and discuss the relevance of the play in the light of the current political climate around immigration and migration.

Cast and Creatives

  • Lou Broadbent

    Marie

  • Sara Sadeghi

    Sumaya

Writer Emteaz Hussain

Director Fraser Corfield

Gallery

Two women on opposite sides of a room with a tiled floor. A Crack runs through the centre of the floor. One woman sits on a leather suitcase whilst the other stands, hands clasped in front of her.

A woman wearing a red headband, red ear-rings, and red knecklace stands holding her right hand tight to her chest.

A woman kneels on the floor holding a letter. She is knelt on a tiled floor that is patterned in traditional North African designs. Stacks of papers are positioned in front of her and a leather suitcase is beside her.

A woman kneels on the floor looking up toward another woman who stands upright beside her. She is tood holding and projecting a knife forward.

Two women in a room with a tiled floor. One kneels on the floor, arms raised, held back and eyes closed as she sings. The other woman is seated at a table behind her, looking critically at the singing woman.

A tiled floor decorated in North African patterns with paperwork and packages stacked up. One package is tied with string and a rosary is laid across it.