Overview
I haven't hurt anyone, killed, raped, murdered - I just ran away - came
here to be safe. But I'm locked up. I just - I can't believe this is
England.
They have run away from unimaginable horrors looking only for safety.
But, imprisoned together at Yarl's Wood Dentention Centre, these women
are stuck in a limbo that offers them exactly the opposite.
Based on verbatim interviews from current and former detainees, The Scar
Test takes you inside one of England's migrant detention centres,
exposing the conditions the inmates must endure whilst awaiting a
decision on their fate. Told with compassion, Hannah Khalil's play
throws a spotlight on the harrowing ordeals of the female migrants
seeking refuge in Britain and the obstacles they face in the process.
Published to coincide with its 2017 London and regional tour, The Scar
Test originally debuted in 2015 with Untold Arts company.