Using theatre to reframe the image of migrants

Take the words of one of Britain’s leading poet, add the real life experiences of refugees – stage it on a boat on the river running through one of the world’s most diverse cities and you have a deeply immersive new theatre production trying to reframe migrants as givers, rather than takers.

Bodies of Water is based on the work of Warsan Shire – former young poet laureate.

Our reporter Keme Nzerem went to see its first run in south London.