Good Chance Theatre
Renad, a young Gazan girl, embarks on a dangerous journey. Carrying only the echoes of her grandmother’s tales and the spark of her own imagination, she searches for her family and the ‘Anqaa’ – the mythical Palestinian Phoenix.
A Grain of Sand is a one-woman show that takes an intimate look at war and loss through the eyes of a child, blending Palestinian folklore with real-life testimonies from children in contemporary Gaza. Renad’s story is one of resilience, hope and the right of children to be children.
“Beguiling.” – ★★★★ The Guardian
A “delicate piece of work that beautifully bridges the whimsically intangible and the horrifically real.” – ★★★★ WhatsOnStage
“[Sarah] Agha is a performer with a mesmerising gift for storytelling.” – ★★★★ Everything Theatre
A Grain of Sand “asks you not just to watch, but to listen, to feel, and to sit with stories that are too often reduced to headlines and numbers.” – ★★★★★ Theatre Audience Podcast
Age Suitability: 14+
Warnings: Themes of war, trauma and distress
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Elias Matar
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Jonathan Chan
SET & COSTUME DESIGN BY Natalie Pryce
SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION BY Nick Powell
VIDEO DESIGN BY Dan Light
CO-DEVISER Sarah Agha
DRAMATURGY BY Joe Murphy and Joe Roberston
VIDEO ASSOCIATE Alessandro Uragallo
PRODUCTION MANAGER Kate Jones
COMPANY STAGE MANAGER Joni-Ann Falconer
TOURING TECHNICAL STAGE MANAGER Meg Stephens
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Amir Hussain Ibrahimi
GAZA VOICES ADVISORY GROUP Aalia Kassab, Atta Khaled, Menna Hijazi, Shaker Abuijlan, Saleem Lubbad
DIGITAL EMBROIDERY DESIGN Tasnim Alwal
CAST Sarah Agha as Renad
TICKETS €21 | €19 (student/OAP/unemployed)
RUNNING TIME 1 hr no interval
*There will be a post show discussion after the performance on April 8th
ABOUT THE COMPANY
In a world of entrenching polarisation, Good Chance creates ground-breaking, heart-thumping “theatre that shakes hands with the world” (Sunday Times).
Founded in 2015 by playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson in the Calais “Jungle” refugee camp, the company has since sparked global connections and conversations on migration, polarisation and the climate crisis, to make real change possible. Central to all of this is creating opportunities for displaced artists to develop and in doing so, help lead systemic change in the UK’s creative ecosystem.
Through critically-acclaimed productions (The Jungle, Kyoto, A Grain of Sand), major international public artworks (The Walk with Little Amal, Fly With Me, From Here On), and Artist Development initiatives (Stage Door) they have delivered 900+ events, reached 1.2m in-person, 550m more digitally, and collaborated with 2000+ artists worldwide.