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East Is East

Closed January 3, 2015

Jane Horrocks returns to the West End in this dark comedy of racial and cultural expectations in 1970's Salford!

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STARRING JANE HORROCKS!

Jane Horrocks stars alongside Ayub Khan Din in this stage adaptation of the 1999 hit film. Against the grim backdrop 1970s Salford, a British-Pakistani family come close to disaster whilst straddling the cultures of two worlds. As their devout father presses them towards the Muslim faith, the boys have other ideas. Horrocks plays their thoroughly fed-up English mother, caught between loyalty to her husband and free will for their children. Ayub Khan Din, authored the original film and now this stage adaptation, with the added benefit of starring as the well-intentioned George.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Pakistani-born chippy owner George Khan is devoted to his family - so much so, that he is trying to orchestrate arranged marriages for his growing teenage boys, to secure their future. Following a disastrous wedding where his eldest son abandoned his bride, he is even more determined for the boys to adhere to the Muslim faith, to which he desperately clings amidst the social upheaval of the 1970s.;

 

Unbeknownst to him, his children are rebelling - albeit on the quiet side - as not to anger "Genghis". As the boys act out more and more by smoking, partying and meeting girls, his English wife Ella forsees a coming storm as she is caught in the crossfire of wanting to support her husband, and wanting her children to have full autonomy, away from cultural expectations.

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Dates

Opening night: 4 October 2014

Audience

Suitable for ages 12+

Run time

To be confirmed by producers

MASKS

You may be required to wear a mask during this performance. Please contact the venue directly for more information.

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Cast

Jane Horrocks - Ella Khan
Ayub Khan Din - George Khan
Amit Shah
Ashley Kumar
Darren Kuppan
Nathan Clarke Taj Atwal
Michael Karim

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