“A lost refugee outsider – Who am I becoming? What do I stand for?”

Our traveller is confronted with difficult questions of allegiance: “Who am I becoming? What Do I stand for?” There is a peril in the un-becoming of being a person from ‘here and there’.

Will he survive by putting flesh on silences?

Perception Gap is an African Diaspora performance that explores the psychological pressures faced by a refugee-outsider. This evolving work in progress is accompanied by European classical imagery (12th to 20th century) featuring a Black subject, with Ric White, a multi-instrumentalist and improviser, creating soundscapes using saxophone and flute while exploring live and electronic sound manipulation.

Patrice Naiambana is an African Performing Artist from Sierra Leone. As a professional actor he has worked extensively with The RSC – notably Othello in Kathryn Hunter’s Othello and Michael Boyd’s Histories cycle (Olivier Award Best Ensemble).

His Fringe First Award for his solo show The Man Who Committed Thought was the catalyst for exploring contemporary applications of the Griot in Diaspora Performance for ensemble and community contexts. Theatre and screen work includes Barbershop Chronicles (National Theatre) Tree (Young Vic) Death In Paradise, Criminal Record, Damsel, It’s a Sin and The Baby.

Post-sharing discussion facilitator on Fri 04 Oct 

Dr Sana Murrani is an Associate Professor in Spatial Practice with a background in Architecture and Urban Design. She is the Arts/Health Research Lead and the founder of the Displacement Studies Research Network and the co-founder of the Justice and Imagination in Global Displacement Research Collective at the University of Plymouth and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre.