Scar Test

<i>I haven't hurt anyone killed raped murdered - I just ran away - came here to be safe. But I'm locked up. I just - I can't believe this is England.</i><br/><br/>They have run away from unimaginable horrors looking only for safety. But imprisoned together at Yarl's Wood Dentention Centre these women are stuck in a limbo that offers them exactly the opposite. <br/><br/>Based on verbatim interviews from current and former detainees <i>The Scar Test</i> takes you inside one of England's migrant detention centres exposing the conditions the inmates must endure whilst awaiting a decision on their fate. Told with compassion Hannah Khalil's play throws a spotlight on the harrowing ordeals of the female migrants seeking refuge in Britain and the obstacles they face in the process.<br/><br/>Published to coincide with its 2017 London and regional tour <i>The Scar Test </i>originally debuted in 2015 with Untold Arts company.