CROCODILE SEEKING REFUGE: SONJA LINDEN
Tells the stories of five individuals seeking asylum in the UK: Zakariya from Darfur; Destin from the Republic of Congo; Jalal from Iraq; Parvaneh from Iran and Marie-Elena from Colombia. Each has been forced to flee their homeland in the face of death, each is haunted in a different way by the past. Finding themselves in situations that veer between the comic and the tragic they try to make sense of the British way of life.

"Scars are like medals. They show we have taken part in the life."

Sonja plays have been produced in London and in regional theatres across the UK as well as the United States and Australia. London productions include Call Me Judas (Paines Plough, Finborough Theatre), The Jewish Daughter, sequel to Brecht’s The Jewish Wife (New End Theatre) and The Strange Passenger (Paines Plough, Battersea Arts Centre and National Tour).

Crocodile Seeking Refuge is the second play to be inspired by her writing residency at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Her work there led to her founding iceandfire theatre company in 2003 of which she is the artistic director. The company was launched with the London premiere of her play I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda at the Finborough Theatre which was both a ‘Time Out’ and ‘Metro’ Critics’ Choice and had a national tour in 2004. It is currently showing in both the US and Ireland throughout 2006.

REVIEWS:'Its theme could hardly be more topical, or more powerful — hope, human resilience and courage are set alongside descriptions of torture and injustice that are deeply affecting.' - The Times