LegalAliens’ founder Lara Parmiani presents a kaleidoscopic piece inspired by her journey from a grey, industrial, Italian suburb to 1997 London, taking audiences through time, language, and anti-migrant narratives – from Cool to Cruel Britannia. 

Through storytelling, physical theatre, and visual elements, Shapeshifting explores what happens when one is forced to negotiate two cultures, while not identifying with either. Can one be culturally fluid? Which parts of a migrant’s identity are lost together with their native language? 

Entertaining, tender, and at times brimming with anger, Shapeshifting tells a story of resilience and female empowerment through a non-linear, fragmented narrative, interrupted by movement, comedy, music, projections, and a “WRONG WORD alarm…