Do You Hear Us Now? by Benedict Lombe | The Protest

Content warning: Contains themes of racism and mentions of racist violence.
If we could have had we would have opened our building and come together to help and comfort each other through this time. We would have held space together, cried together, and maybe made some art together in order to heal, as that is what we do in times of crisis.
So, we decided to try and do this as much as we can online. We have reached out to some of the wonderful artists in our family to see if there was anything they wanted to express and protest. We'll be releasing the results this afternoon.
And also taking a second to talk directly to our Black audiences: we know that this is a difficult time. Feel free to consume this content at your own pace and engage with it in a way you feel comfortable.
Benedict Lombe is a British Congolese writer and theatre-maker. She is one of Theatre503's 503Five Writers for 19/20, Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers and BBC Writersroom London Voices.

[@suzanneiwai6040]

Yes yes and yes. I’ll show up wherever you express these powerfully punctuated words, your truth, honesty and challenge to commit to constant solidarity are heard. Hope to meet you at Bush T very soon.

[@karenpigott7526]

Beautiful - we have to listen.

[@sophielambin2510]

Thank you

[@anettes.449]

I do.

[@kendrajohnson6535]

Thank you