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Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional
Meteatra presents - Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional
Six short winning plays from 200 global entries
Winning playwrights: Aine King, Andrew Lawston, Banu Senei, Salman Siddiqi, Erdogan Soyturk, Tamara von Werthern
11th - 14th February 2026 | London
Meteatra launches its first production with Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional, an evening of six short plays exploring how we live, love and struggle in a world that feels constantly on edge.
From Istanbul kitchens to London boardrooms, from refugee shores to AI dinner tables, these stories are funny, dark, personal and political all at once. They speak about technology, migration, gender, identity and power, but always through people we can recognise. Ordinary lives caught in extraordinary times.
The line-up includes Guess Who’s Computing to Dinner, Sea Monsters, Mutfak, Göç ve Boncuk, Openly Muslim, Dark Rooms and Pandas and One of Them. Performed in English and Turkish with surtitles, the evening brings together international writers whose voices cut through the noise with sharp humour and emotional truth.
Directed by Secil Honeywill, Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional marks the beginning of Meteatra’s journey as a new London based bilingual theatre company. Meteatra aims to create space for stories that question comfort zones and bring people together across languages and cultures.
Six short winning plays from 200 global entries
Winning playwrights: Aine King, Andrew Lawston, Banu Senei, Salman Siddiqi, Erdogan Soyturk, Tamara von Werthern
11th - 14th February 2026 | London
Meteatra launches its first production with Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional, an evening of six short plays exploring how we live, love and struggle in a world that feels constantly on edge.
From Istanbul kitchens to London boardrooms, from refugee shores to AI dinner tables, these stories are funny, dark, personal and political all at once. They speak about technology, migration, gender, identity and power, but always through people we can recognise. Ordinary lives caught in extraordinary times.
The line-up includes Guess Who’s Computing to Dinner, Sea Monsters, Mutfak, Göç ve Boncuk, Openly Muslim, Dark Rooms and Pandas and One of Them. Performed in English and Turkish with surtitles, the evening brings together international writers whose voices cut through the noise with sharp humour and emotional truth.
Directed by Secil Honeywill, Borders: Digital, Political, Emotional marks the beginning of Meteatra’s journey as a new London based bilingual theatre company. Meteatra aims to create space for stories that question comfort zones and bring people together across languages and cultures.
Wed 11 Feb to Saturday 14 February
Venue: Studio 2, Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL
Dates: 11th - 14th February 2026Venue: Studio 2, Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL
Tickets: www.arcolatheatre.com/event/borders/
Language: English and Turkish (with surtitles)
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.) (inc 15 min interval)
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