SCOREScotland Disrupts the Narrative – with Tinderbox Collective and Bee Asha
Disrupting the Narrative explores Edinburgh’s heritage from the perspective of its colonial past. In partnership with the Tinderbox Collective and Bee Asha, SCOREScotland’s young people have created a vibrant spoken word and music performance that considers what it’s like to grow up as a young person of colour in Edinburgh today. SCOREScotland, based in Westerhailes is a charity that supports and empowers people who have experienced discrimination. We worked with some of the young people they support over 10 weeks to create this performance, inspired by the poetry written for the other events in this theme.
Part of the Edinburgh 900 anniversary programme.
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