Bodies of Water review

“Deeply moving”

ReviewsAug 30, 2024by Oliver JonesAhoy Centre, London

Rihab Azar and Laila Alj in Bodies of Water at Ahoy Centre, London. Photo: David Levene

Directed by Matthew Xia, this emotive site-specific evocation of asylum seekers’ experience is based on Warsan Shire’s 2009 poem Conversations about home (at a deportation centre)

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Oliver Jones has worked as an actor, playwright, theatre-in-education practitioner, editor, journalist, theatre critic and art critic. He currently works full-time with young people with special educational needs

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