In the fourth in Volcano's The Shape of Things to Come performance series, a mother is looking for her daughter who was taken into care. When the daughter was put onto the system her name was changed without her mother’s knowledge. Her mother began a search through every single local authority in the UK to try and find her daughter. What begins as an appeal for help unfolds as a horror story as things take a supernatural turn.
Drawing on her own experience as a Care Leaver in England and on occult traditions and stories, Rebecca Batala creates a piece that explores the Care Experience from a young Black perspective and engages with the experience of those on this side of the border.
REBECCA BATALA is a playwright, writer and actor based in London. She was part of the Soho Writers’ Lab 2020/2021, where her debut horror play Band 2 was long listed for The Tony Craze Award. Her first short play Roughly 150 Years was staged at Blue Elephant Theatre in September. Last year, her commissioned piece Rubble was staged as part of Terrifying Women II: The Return at the Golden Goose Theatre in Camberwell.