5 7/7 is on of two plays written by Mike Dawson and performed as part of the Chorlton Arts Festival and broadcast on Chorlton Arts Radio. It made quite an impact on the audience when it was performed live on stage on the 27th May 2010. This powerful and moving story follows the life of a Palestinian man caught up in the events of the London bombings of 2005 and what happens as a result of his chance meeting with a troubled young English girl. The following day it was performed live in the studio and broadcast on Chorlton Arts Radio. The events described in the play and the actual dialogue were taken from an incredible documentary made by a man called Marc Antonio. In it he followed the life of a thirteen year old boy called Mohammed Rashid whose family suffered as part of the Israeli occupation. It was days later we learned that Marc is aboard the Gaza aid convoy attacked by the Israeli military killing at least 10 people. We are waiting for news that Marc is well but in the meantime we are privileged that with his blessing we were able to broadcast this production last week.
Arriane is played by Suzanne Louden and Mahmood is played by Karl Seth
The stage production was directed by Charlie Mortimer
Click the player below to listen to the play in full or watch the documentary at www.sourgrapeproductions.com/gaza
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Paul Gubbins is a life long humanist. Humanism is the view that we can make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values and that we can live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. Humanists seek to make the best of the one life we have by creating meaning and purpose for ourselves. We choose to take responsibility for our actions and work with others for the common good. However it brings up many questions which clash with our comon culture. Our culture is interwoven with religious tradition and belief. Education, birth, death and marriage all revolve around religious ceremony of one kind or another. Mike Dawson discusses these issues in depth with Paul who is happy to label traditional religious beliefs as fairy stories with no concrete foundation based on fact. If this is the case then how can our society maintain its moral standards. Click below to hear the full unedited interview with Paul Gubbins of the South Cheshire Humanist Association.