Pip, a poor village boy, finds two chance meetings set his life on an unexpected course. At the water's edge, he has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. In the decaying grandeur of Miss Haversham's house, he falls hopelessly in love with the heartless Estella. When an anonymous benefactor helps him move to Calcutta, the heart of the British Raj, Pip pursues his great expectations and his dream of winning Estella's heart. Relocating Pip's extraordinary journey to nineteenth-century India, this coming-of-age story, evoking some of Dickens' most colourful characters, is faithful to the period of the book and the richness of Dickens' language - a vivid theatrical retelling of a universally loved masterpiece.
Jamaica: a sensual paradise where the sun, sea and sand are free but anything more comes at a price.Welcome to the 21st century where women travel across the world in search of sex, love, and liberation but the reality is that hard cash equals hard men. Toned torsos and slick sweet talk meets orange peel beneath the coconut trees in an exchange that leaves everyone short-changed.Sugar Mummies is a funny, provocative and revealing study of the pleasures and pitfulls of female sex tourism.It was a huge success at the Royal Court Theatre in August 2006, and proceeded to tour throughout the UK.
On the eve of his release from Feltham Young Offenders Institution, Zahid Mubarek, a young British Asian man, was attacked by his racist cellmate. One week later he died of his injuries.How was this allowed to happen? This new play traces the Mubarek family's pursuit of the truth. Based on evidence given to the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry and interviews taken, one of Britain's leading writers examines the incompetence of the official response to Zahid Mubarek's death.
A British Bollywood musical, written by leading British playwright Tanika Gupta, and directed by Kneehigh's Emma Rice. A gritty and entertaining story about British-Asian communities in contemporary London.
Fragile Land reveals the complexities of life for a new generation of young Londoners.
Teenage sisters Affy and Di look out for each other. Dying to escape their violent life, they move from dreams to betrayal - with devastating results.Inside Out, a Clean Break commission, is the provocative and funny story of how the sisters fight for a better future.
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