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Unit 5/6/7

Unit 5 Shenagh The title of Unit 5 is “Immigration” research for the container This was to show us how migrants came to Britain. We started off this unit on a low point as in our class we there was a student who had come to the country in the back of a truck.   We were going to create a devised piece but due to the circumstances it was hard for him to attend lessons.   I personally asked at the beginning for us to move onto a scripted piece as I saw the impact that recapping the story was having on him.   I was overjoyed when we had scripted work because it felt more morally correct. We decided as a class that scripted work was the best choice. The script was picked by our director.     It is The Container , it tells the story of five migrants – two Afghans, two Somalis and a Turkish Kurd – who are crossing Europe, accompanied by a Turkish trafficker and an unseen lorry driver. Their hoped-for destination is the UK, land of dreams.  B...