Glasgow Girls at Theatre Royal Stratford East

'Glasgow Girls' is a brand new life-affirming Scottish musical with seven strong female leads and a vibrant multi-cultural voice at its heart. The musical promises to be a celebration of Glasgow and the power of teenagers with a cause Scotland 2005. In a high school in Glasgow, among a community that has learned to accept the new wave of asylum seekers in its midst for the past six years, friendships build, and bonds are formed. Life seems settled, until one family is ripped from home in a Glasgow high-rise flat, and driven away in the middle of the night to be deported. Driven by a fierce sense of injustice, the girls fight together for the life of their friend, for their families' rights, for the rights of children. Despite the risks to their own safety, they take on the Scottish Government and Home Office and, as a team, succeed where adults and politicians often fail. Based on a true story, in 2005, the real life Glasgow Girls became one of the most vocal and powerful pro-asylum seeker campaigners in the country, appearing in two television documentaries and hosts of interviews. At the peak of their success, they won a clutch of awards for their appeals, including Best Public Campaign at the Politician of the Year Awards in 2005. 'Glasgow Girls' will feature all original songs from the diverse talents of Scots-Asian Rapper MCSoomT, electronic dance programmer Patricia Panther and alt-folk from Cora Bissett.