DRAMA students are hoping to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people with their innovative production of a Greek classic.
The drama department at Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls is putting on its modern interpretation of Euripides’ Trojan Women, set in a refugee camp where women await deportation.
Audience members will be given a chance to make a donation to the United Nations Refugee Agency to help fund a tent for families in desperate need of shelter.
Helen Wragg, director of drama at HMSG, said: “Since researching refugee camps throughout the world for this project, it seemed an opportunity to bring something positive and constructive out of this performance.”
She added: “The students have engaged with interest and the purchase of one or two tents at £300 each would be a gesture recognising the plight of refugees around the world.”
Performances of Trojan Women take place in the Main Hall at 7pm on November 20 (tonight).
Tickets are £8 (£6 students) from the school reception box office.
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