REFUGEES from more than a dozen countries will perform publicly for the first time at Glasgow’s Tramway.
The group of new Scots, called Share My Table, is made up of 40 men and women from Glasgow’s refugee community, and will be performing tomorrow and on Saturday.
The performance and accompanying art exhibition have been devised by the group and includes powerful reflections on the experience of forced migration and settling in Scotland.
Share My Table includes people from Syria, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria, Iran and Iraq, with the youngest performer 18 years old and the oldest in her 60s.
Veronique, 43, from Democratic Republic of Congo, said: “My time with Share My Table, in just a few months, has been one of the greatest times in my life.
“Being with Share My Table means that I don’t feel homesick anymore, like I did before. When I first joined the group I didn’t know anyone, but now we are like one big family. Share My Table has brought us together and Scotland is now our home.”
Depute leader of Glasgow City Council David McDonald said: “There will be so many stories being told by so many distinct voices that it affords us all the opportunity to deepen our understanding of the experiences people have before arriving in Glasgow.”
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