The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

I have brought this play forward because of the political climate in the United States right now. Although this play is based in Calais and the politics are British, I've heard the same stories from my adult ESL students time and time again.

Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him. Join the hopeful, resilient residents of ‘The Jungle’, the refugees and volunteers from around the globe who gather at the Afghan Café. They’re just across the Channel, right on our doorstep.

• Ali thirties, Kurdistan
• Beth eighteen, UK
• Boxer forties, UK
• CRS Officer France
• Derek fifties, UK
• Helene twenty-eight, Eritrea
• Henri twenties, France
• Little Amal six, Syria
• Maz twenty, Afghanistan
• Mohammed thirty-five, Sudan
• Norullah fifteen, Afghanistan
• Okot seventeen, Sudan
• Omar twenty-five, Sudan
• Omid twenty-one, Iran
• Paula fifties, UK
• Safi thirty-five, Syria
• Salar thirty-two, Afghanistan
• Sam eighteen, UK
• Yasin twenty-four, Iraq
• Yohannes twenty-one, Ethiopia

A copy of the script will be displayed during the reading.

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