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English Ako
July 23 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
£12.50
ENGLISH AKO: A short play set to perform 27th & 28th July at Camden People’s Theatre! 🫰🏼
“‘English Ako’ is a direct translation of ‘I’m English’ in Tagalog (the native tongue of the Philippines). It is a new solo piece exploring the story of a young, working class migrant who struggles to find his identity between his British upbringing and Asian heritage.
We see the character ‘Boy’ (a national nickname in the Philippines defining youth in young men), go through a tug-of-war in his search for acceptance and belonging through his experiences of being a migrant and his need to be English. Eventually Boy comes to an acceptance in adulthood and discovers that to be human is to embrace both cultures as part of his identity.
This play aims to comment on the ‘model minority’ trope, to contribute to the conversation around the British East Asian experience and how it is evolving. That being Asian today, can be a celebration of your existence and an expression of who you are.”
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