About:
Sanctuary, the debut play from Jacob Sparrow, is the winner of
the inaugural Leodis Prize, a new playwriting competition. This beautiful,
evocative play is about the AIDS epidemic in the 90s and is set in
Suffolk. It is about loneliness and the legacy of shame, but also the
contours of hope and the right to live. It is about the lack of blueprint
queer people get for themselves and the mistakes they make in having to
forge their own heritage. Sanctuary is about safety and where we
allow ourselves to feel safe.
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