Hi, my name is Beth and I play Khadja in Belgrade Youth Company’s Rise. I have been performing and involved in theatre for ten years. In those ten years, three of them have been with the Belgrade. These three years have been the most eye-opening and empowering as I have been surrounded by talented and inspiring women of every background and heritage that have helped me discover more about myself and allowed me to be proud of the woman I am. We are a family. This unity could not have happened without our show, Rise. When we were creating, exploring and performing what it is like to be a woman in the 21st century, it made me realise that I am not alone in my stories, in the issues, the small victories and the frustrations I have been through. These stories need to be told and I feel that Edinburgh can be the one to spotlight them. In an era where women’s rights are at a focus surely, we need women stories to be told. 

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