Overview
Why is everyone so bloody obsessed with hashtags? What on earth do you
want to do with a hashtag? Can you use it to shoot your way out of here?
Tisana, Ruhab and Haleema are three normal teenage girls who have been
best friends forever. But when they are kidnapped from their hometown,
each must find their own way to survive. Girls explores enduring
friendship, girlhood and the stories behind the headlines that quickly
become yesterday's news. Theresa Ikoko's funny and fiercely passionate
play is a Verity Bargate Award finalist and winner of the Alfred Fagon
Award (2015) and George Devine Award (2016). Girls received its world
premiere at HighTide Theatre Festival 2016 on 8 September 2016 in a
production by HighTide, Soho Theatre and Talawa.