Managed to catch Phosphoros Theatre 🧡 last night at Derby Theatre. Go and see it if you can, the cast were brilliant - a great ensemble! 🙂

An Evening full of love and connection Derby Theatre thank you to Yasir and the Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity 💛 band for wonderful pre show music and to Phosphoros Theatre 🧡 for such a moving piece full of care. Our creative sanctuary group members loved it #Tender

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Raw, brave, emotional, Tender. Great show from Phosphoros Theatre 🧡 tonight. Still time to catch it tomorrow Derby Theatre. Plus a brilliant pre-show scratch performance from Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity 💛 music group. 👏

Someone came to the theatre tonight who had seen us do a scratch performance of our first ever show back in 2016 in a Church hall in Derbyshire. Had to dig deep in the archive to find a picture of this! So proud of how far we’ve come, continuing to use theatre as resistance 🧡

We had a cracking evening at Derby Theatre tonight. Our fifth production, ‘Tender’ is now out in the world!

Enormously proud of all our cast and crew for bringing this story to life.

Great post-show chat with audience members, including local refugee folks 🧡

Back tomorrow!

It’s our Sanctuary Seekers Scratch night Derby Theatre ahead of Tender performed by Phosphoros Theatre 🧡 Proud to be a Theatre of Sanctuary. Thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund for supporting this project and to ACE Midlands Arts Council England for supporting us as a venue

If you’re coming to see Tender at Derby Theatre tonight, make sure you pop along early. Folks from Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity 💛 are providing live music from 6.30pm and the bar will be open - we can’t wait!

Abel, Ismael and Kate are interviewed in this short feature on ‘Tender’ from AFP News Agency

Ismael discusses the urgency of refugees telling their own stories in light of the disgraceful Rwanda Bill news

Watch below ⬇️

m.youtube.com/watch?si=Ro3qb…

Abel, Ismael and Kate are interviewed in this short feature on ‘Tender’ from AFP News Agency

Ismael discusses the urgency of refugees telling their own stories in light of the disgraceful Rwanda Bill news

Watch below ⬇️

m.youtube.com/watch?si=Ro3qb…

Busy day for the Tender crew as we prepare for our performances in Derby Theatre.

Many games of uno played, lights and sound programmed, set design in place, radio mics fitted, technical rehearsal underway 🤝

Nearly ready for our first show!

Ticket info in bio 🧡

TENDER a brand new play from Phosphoros Theatre 🧡 opens tomorrow at Derby Theatre and heads to HOME and Rich Mix in May!

Written by DAWN HARRISON Dawn Harrison