The Meaning of Zong: A Conversation
Exploring the context and issues at the heart of this vital storyJoin the cast for a vital discussion about The Meaning of Zong, Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera’s debut play, after its BBC Radio 3 premiere.
Chaired by Tim Pemberton, Head of BBC Religion & Ethics at BBC Audio, this free conversation will look deeply at this important production and how it has been brought to life. Cast and creative team members will be there to talk with you and it will be a forum for a full and frank discussion about the play, what it means to our society and the reasons for telling this story now.
The conversation will start at 8pm on Wed 31 Mar. To get inside the Zoom discussion,or access auto-captions, sign-up is required. After you sign up, you will receive an email including a link to the event Zoom call. If you would like to watch the discussion on the big screen, we’ll be broadcasting it to YouTube. Make sure to subscribe on YouTube so you don’t miss it on there.
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Our Panel
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More about the Conversation
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- You can chat with the panel or other attendees using the Chat function and please use the Q&A button to ask questions of the panellists.
- If you submit a question through the Q&A panel, only the panellists and the host will be able to see it until it is answered.
- As we have only an hour, we are limited on the number of questions we may be able to answer but our panel will try and discuss as many of your questions as possible.
- Code of conduct: please no swearing or inappropriate comments, if your contributions to the discussion are offensive or disruptive, the host can prevent you using the chat or Q&A, or may remove you from the event.