Brand new production images have been released for Theresa Ikoko’s award-winning Girls at the Young Vic. The award winning play is a story of friendship under fire as three friends are tested to their limit.
The Young Vic has today released first-look production images for Girls, written by Theresa Ikoko and directed by Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award. The powerful story of friendship under fire won the Alfred Fagon Award (2015) and the George Devine Award (2016), and was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award.
It follows teenagers Tisana, Haleema and Ruhab, best friends who are busy swapping notes on celebrities, sex positions and dodging carbs. But when they are kidnapped by militant insurgents and forced towards an uncertain future, they have only each other to turn to. As fear and religious differences begin to fracture their bond, how far can their friendship be tested before it breaks?
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Photos: Girls at the Young Vic
The cast and creative team
The cast of this production includes:
- Hannah Akhalu (Cinderella, Every Leaf a Hallelujah) as Tisana
- Tara Tijani (Beauty or Beast? A series of interviews, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Haleema
- Sewa Zamba (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Shakespeare with Dame Judi Dench) as Ruhab
Director Ewa Dina is joined on the creative team by set and costume designer Raphaé Memon, lighting designer Elliott Griggs, composer féz and sound designer Munotida Chinyanga, with movement direction by dkfash, video design and programming by Sophie Bramley, and fight and intimacy direction by Haruka Kuroda.
Plan Your Visit
- Venue: Young Vic
- Booking dates: until 21 November 2026
- Running time: 2 hours (without interval)
- Age requirements: 12+
Young Vic Theatre, London
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