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Sitting in the Grey

Barbican Theatre
Castle Street
The Barbican
Plymouth
Devon
PL12NJ

Tel: 01752267131

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Opening Times

Season (14 Nov 2024)
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Thursday07:00

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General Admission
£13.50
General Admission ticket

Help us out
£16.50
A ticket price at a slightly higher rate that helps the Barbican Theatre continue it's exceptional culture, youth and outreach work.

Help you out
£11.50
A ticket price at a reduced rate that helps you out to ensure that those struggling financially or feel pressures of the cost of living can access high-quality performances in our venue

About us

Written by Alix Harris, requested by young people in Plymouth.

"We are here… you just don't see us"

Being a teenager comes with its many challenges; navigating school, future prospects, friendship and home life. For Ashlee, they have all of that whilst navigating life in a place that feels so behind the rest of the country, in a place that doesn't necessarily accept people that look like her and her family. Ashlee is passionate about creating a more equitable world, but her friends think she's boring, her teachers don't want to know, and her parents just want her to keep her head down and focus. Ashlee feels like she is never listened to, that she has to stay silent about how she feels, until one day she meets an unlikely acquaintance at a protest and the silence is broken.

Sitting in the Grey is a story about the disconnect between adults and young people. It's about power and a desire for change. It's about the Grey space that people find themselves in , navigating new ways of thinking and the unlearning of what they have already known. Sitting in the Grey explores how necessary it is to take action and not be a bystander.

Illustration by Jasmine Thompson.

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