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Archived Event: This is Your Country Too VR Experience

This event has already taken place, and is shown here for information only.

Date: 21 Jun 2024

Time: 10 AM - 12 PM

Venue: Halifax Central Library, Square Rd, Halifax HX1 1QG

Halifax Central Library is hosting a FREE and exciting Virtual Reality adventure. You’ll step in the shoes of a teenager reflecting on his time trapped in the stateless limbo of UK airport immigration – like Tom Hanks in that movie: The Terminal.

This Is Your Country Too is an interactive comedy adapted from a BBC Radio play. It’s a satire on the immigration system or how our identity is ultimately defined by strangers. It’s based on the experiences of post-colonial Asian migrants from East Africa, whose British citizenship was downgraded by the UK government in the 1960s in reaction to the sudden influx of thousands of non-white subjects.

Suitable for: ages 13+| Produced by: Strictly Immersive

Duration: 13 minutes

Theme/Topic: Immigration, Racism/Equality, Humour, Overcoming Adversity