| Title | Communities and Stages |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Conversation with Good Chance Theatre |
| Contributor | Mohamed Sarrar (author) |
| Joe Murphy (author) | |
| Joe Robertson (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.53288/0417.1.16 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/crossings-migrant-knowledges-migrant-forms/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Mohamed Sarrar, Joe Murphy, and Joe Robertson |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2025-10-03 |
| Page range | pp. 265–274 |
| Print length | 10 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Mohamed Sarrar is a Sudanese musician and actor based in the UK. As part of the Good Chance Ensemble, Mohamed co-wrote and recorded a world music album Sounds of Refuge with John Falsetto and Ammar Haj Ahmad. Mohamed’s theater experience includes The Jungle (Young Vic, West End, St Ann’s Warehouse, Curran), Rain Rain (Bamboozle UK Tour), The Welcome Party (Theatre Rites, Manchester International Festival), Borderline (UK Tour: London; Brighton Fringe Festival, Manchester; International Tour: Berlin, Kerala, and Copenhagen), Encampment (Good Chance at Southbank Centre), and The Hope Show (Good Chance, Calais).
Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, both British playwrights, are the founders of Good Chance, which builds temporary theaters of hope promoting freedom of expression, creativity, and dignity for everyone. Their debut play, The Jungle, came from their seven months running a theater in the Calais refugee and migrant camp. It premiered at the Young Vic in 2017, then transferred to London’s West End (2018), St. Ann’s Warehouse (New York, 2018–2019) and The Curran (San Francisco, 2019). The play received universal acclaim, the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre, and an Obie Award. In 2021, Good Chance embarked upon The Walk, an 8,000-kilometer moving festival of welcome across Europe with Little Amal, inspired by the character from The Jungle.