Like Doves We Rise

The struggle against apartheid is documented in this autobiographical piece by five actors, brought together by the young writer and director Yael Farber.

Each performer individually describes their harsh path to survival in a world dominated by police brutality and gang-organised violence.

Farber - who recently brought a South African version of Julius Caesar to the Oxford Playhouse - has here invoked mime, spiritual songs and newly composed music to weave the cast's harrowing stories together.

First night Mon 12 Jul, Barbican: The Pit, Silk Street, EC2 (0845 120 7550).