Name: Seed Guardians
Start: 2025-03-07T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-07T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Old School House, Holy Trinity, Tottenham

Seed Guardians' focuses on a human right that is denied to so many – the right to food.
About this Event

We are so excited that Seed Guardians has been renewed for an extended tour due to the funding given by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. As a result in partnership with BlackRootz we are bring two shows to Tottenham at the Old School House.

Seed Guardians' focuses on a human right that is denied to so many – the right to food. The play mirrors stories of food poverty and scarcity across the UK and Global South echoing the legacies of many inter-generational struggles against all-consuming corporate giants. According to National Statistics in 2022/23 ’11 million people or 7% of the population experienced food poverty including 17% of children in the UK. 'Seed Guardians’ tells the story of a crisis that plagues our modern world.Leilani Mahachi has made it her life’s work to protect the planet. Always unafraid to call out injustice, now her life hangs in the balance, targeted by the very factions SHE spoke out so bravely against. As she fights for her life in a UK hospital far from her homestead in Zimbabwe, her cause is taken up by her grand-daughter Zahra, desperate to find out what happened to her beloved Gogo. Join three unlikely friends as they travel from the food bank to Parliament Square to lead the fight against the greed and profiteering of the ‘Toxic Cartel’ – the powerful corporate food companies who ‘own’ the seeds, control production, and swallow up everything they touch – threatening the most basic of our human rights: the right to food. Can they succeed against this all-consuming machine, and protect Leilani’s legacy?

Seed Guardians tells the story of a crisis that plagues our modern world. The subject matter is deep and meaningful - the play is a rollercoaster of joy, fun, grief and acceptance, with dancing, live painting, poetry and even roller skating.

Quotes from Audience members:

“How do I stop the tears from rolling from such a powerful play! Thank you for bringing hope, love and planting the seed into our hearts! I hope that many more people are impacted by this piece.” Salford University Student

“Seed Guardians is a brilliantly thought-provoking play that allows us to reimagine solutions for the harsh global realities of food poverty, colonialism, and the climate crisis. No matter your age there's something that resonates with your mind, heart or soul.” Audience member North Wall Arts Centre

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