Seventeen-year-old Michelle packs up the last of her childhood in preparation for a new life of rock n roll adventure in San Francisco. As the sun sets outside her childhood home, Michelle is visited by Sue, her best friend " just fourteen years old and freshly returned from her first gig as a child actor in London. The force of their reunion is immediate and electric, though it is clear they have headed down very different " and equally dangerous " paths, both paved by the promises and pitfalls of a changing world. One girl is drawn to the future. The other, shaped by it.Inspired by the real-life friendship between Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas and Sue Lyon, star of Stanley Kubricks Lolita, Strange Young Girls is a haunting, tender, and provocative exploration of girlhood, fame, and identity at the edge of transformation.

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Mama Biashara
Kate Copstick’s charity, Mama Biashara, works with the poorest and most marginalised people in Kenya. They give grants to set up small, sustainable businesses that bring financial independence and security. That five quid you spend on a large glass of House White? They can save someone’s life with that. And the money for a pair of Air Jordans? Will take four women and their fifteen children away from a man who is raping them and into a new life with a moneymaking business for Mum and happiness for the kids.
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The Make A Difference Trust fights HIV & AIDS one stage at a time. Their UK and International grant-making strategy is based on five criteria that raise awareness, educate, and provide care and support for the most vulnerable in society. A host of fundraising events, including Bucket Collections, Late Night Cabarets, West End Eurovision, West End Bares and A West End Christmas continue to raise funds for projects both in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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