We Are Shadows: A Local’s Guide to Brick Lane

Ends & Tales presents

A Coney & Tamasha joint project in collaboration with Rightful Place Theatre Company, supported by Derwent London and Rich Mix

Be our guest in the land of shadows

There are ghosts in these walls if you listen hard enough

And if you’re here after dark

You might even catch a glimpse….

Join Tamasha artist Afsana Begum and her collaborators from community theatre company Rightful Place, all Brick Lane locals, as they guide you on an adventure around the place they call home. Beyond the curry house strip and trendy bar culture, this place has history. Come and discover the real Brick Lane – from Bengali laskars to Satanic wedding guests, local wrestlers to the street’s most successful family  – these people have cast their shadows onto these pavements and invite you to see Brick Lane as you’ve never seen it before.

WE ARE SHADOWS: A LOCAL’S GUIDE TO BRICK LANE is an immersive smart phone adventure on foot by Coney & Tamasha, inspired by where we live: E1 in Tower Hamlets.

Participants’ adventure will begin with a phone call on their mobile phones from which they will be navigated through and around Brick Lane, taking them on a magical-realist journey where shadows are revealed around every corner. The game is for playing in pairs, so try to bring along a pal. However, it can be played individually too – whatever you prefer.

With game design by BAFTA award-winning Coney and written by Tamasha’s former Artistic Director Fin Kennedy (HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND NEVER BE FOUND) and playwright Rabiah Hussain (SPUN), and directed by Sita Thomas (TOP GIRLS).

Age limit: 12+

Bubbling with magical realism, ENDS & TALES is a series of immersive smart phone adventures on foot, inspired by the untold stories and histories around us. By Coney and Tamasha.