Moving Comedy About The Refugee Experience

Insane Asylum Seekers by Laith Elzubaidi is an equal parts moving and completely hilarious piece of theatre, that sheds light on the realities of life as both a refugee and the child of a refugee. Helmed by the Olivier Award-nominated director Emily Ling Williams (A Playlist for the Revolution), this brilliant one-man-play tells story of two parents who escaped some of modern history’s most notorious dictators, through the eyes of their son whose life is wildly disconnected from the whole experience. Returning to the Bush Theatre after critical and popular acclaim, secure your tickets before they sell out.

What Is It About?

Laith is 27 years old and ruminating on the fact that, at the same age that he is now, his parents were on the run from a brutal political regime in Iraq. But today he’s sitting in front of the TV having an anxiety attack during the ending of Succession. He's also been keeping a secret deep inside of him, and now, 30 years on from his parents escape, it may finally be time for him to confront it.