A Fist of Tongues

Genomineerd voor de BNG Bank Theater Prijs 2024 

A Fist of Tongues is een poëtische performance waarin Sunni de verschillende stadia van zijn leven onderzoekt sinds hij uit Gambia vluchtte. In deze performance, waarin storytelling samenvloeit met visuals, soundesign en dans, getuigt Sunni over hoe het is om te leven als Afrikaanse queer persoon, en over de beslissende invloed die ouders kunnen hebben op hoe je je ontwikkelt.  

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How does your environment influence who you are?  
Sunni Lamin Barrow takes you back to his youth and shares the stories and poems he wrote about that time, influenced by the fear of punishment and exclusion that exist for LGBTQ+ expressions in his motherland. A Fist of Tongues is a poetic performance in which Sunni explores the different stages of his life since fleeing Gambia. In this performance, in which storytelling merges with visuals, sound design and dance, Sunni testifies about what it is like to live as an African queer person, and about the decisive influence of one’s parents.