Projects

The Smell of Apples; The Story of Halabja

In 1988, 5,000 people died in Kurdistan in an attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja.

Using video testimonies, theatre and music this performance presents and explores the perspective of those people affected by what is now considered to be a modern genocide.

Working with the Kurdish community of the West Midlands, The Smell of Apples reveals the experience of a new community in the UK, a community that is now finding its voice and its way in a very different place.

Directed by Pervaiz Khan and Michael Aduwali, with an original score by Zirak Hamad, the project will feature performances by Kurdish, Iranian and British artists.