The Glasgow Girls made headline news in 2005 when seven local teenagers from Drumchapel High School fought for the rights of their friend, asylum seeker Agnesa Murselaj, as more children at their school were being dawn raided, detained and deported, making enough fuss that the Scottish Parliament had to take notice, winning the Scottish Campaign of the Year Award in the meantime.

It’s an inspiring story and little wonder that David Greig turned it into a book which multi award-winning director Cora Bissett has now brought to the stage.

Aryana Ramkhalawon remembers the news story well and was impressed by the stand of her contemporaries, so was delighted when she won the part of Amal Azzudin, the main protagonist, despite her quieter upbringing in Lincolnshire.

“It’s a very timely piece of theatre to see at the moment and shows how people of different backgrounds and communities can come together to fight injustice.

But although it deals with heavy issues, it has its light-hearted moments, the kind of things that all school girls talk about.

But otherwise yes it is hard-hitting and reflects what is happening in the media right now.

“But it’s also really nice to have a story with 15 year–old girls as the leads because it’s a great story to share and one I really wanted to be a part of. It can’t help but effect you.

Having played Trudi Siddiqu in BBCs Waterloo Road for three years, straight out of drama school, a much more comic part, was delighted to get her teeth into this gritty drama and demonstrate that “in the shadow of Brexit whole communities can and do come together to fight racism and injustice because it’s a funny time at the moment. Where I live in London it has certainly brought people closer together and made them kinder to each other, to combat the negativity.

But the Glasgow Girls actually changed lives. It’s a true story and makes you realise how much good there is in the world.”

Glasgow Girls

Oxford Playhouse

Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 September.

01865 305305 or www.oxfordplayhouse.com