Growing Pains: Perform & Explore

Event Location

This event will be held in the Rotunda located in Beckton Globe Library - 1st Floor.

About the Play

Growing Pains follows 17-year-old Khadija as she navigates the hilarious and often awkward transition to university. Caught between her East London roots and a new, predominantly white university campus, she finds unexpected freedoms and friendships while grappling with the profound weight of cultural expectations, faith, and the fear of letting loved ones down. This relatable comedy deeply explores her journey as she finds herself genuinely caught between two worlds.

Throughout the story, Khadija is faced with decision that test her faith, morals and belief. What start’s off as a friendly decline to drink, creates a silent avalanche of events that leave Khadija wondering what would be the harm of having a sip? Khadija is a “fun” girl and despite what others might think, she does have the freedom to choose for herself.

Explore & Create

We have created a fun packed session of games, competitions and workshops drawing on themes and characters within the play. During this session, we'll facilitate a fun environment for you to explore themes from the play with a chance to win a £20 JD voucher, JUST for taking part!!

Who is this for?

'Growing Pains' is aimed at 13 to 18 year olds, who are in education, and are thinking about attending or are attending university. Maybe you're confused and not sure what path you want to take? Then this is for you. We'd encourage those who work with this group in any way and might like to share this work further to attend too. But, of course anyone and everyone is welcome to attend, even if you just love theatre! It should be an exciting and inspiring experience for everyone.

Q&A

Interested in the arts? Curious as to how this process was? You'll have the opportunity to speak directly with our team to share your thoughts and ask any questions you have!

Cast & Crew:

• Fathima Abdullah - Writer
• Hamza Ali - Director
• Alicia Fernandes - Producer/Actor
• Anica Hamed - Actor
• Berny Barretto - Actor

Info: Experience an exclusive 30 minute sharing of Growing Pains - a bold, honest and hilarious performance exploring the highs, lows and reality of what growing up looks like. This short performance will give you a glimpse into the voices and stories of young people today.

Info: During this session, we will have a range of activities for you to take part in. Varying from games, challenges, and competitions with a chance to win a £20 JD voucher. Yes, you read that right. All the activities in this session will be drawing on themes from the play, and giving you the space to express yourself creatively.

Info: Your voice matters to us. As a company that is dedicated to authentic stories, we want to hear directly from you! You'll have the opportunity to share what you enjoyed or want to see improved from the play, what part of the Explore & Create session did you enjoy, or want to see more of and how can we tailor the writing or activities more to give young people a space they feel welcomed into? But that's not at all... you'll also get the opportunity to hear directly from the cast and crew behind Growing Pains as we finish our evening with an interactive Q&A session!

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