Award-winning comedy EAST IS EAST will be coming to The Riverfront on Tuesday 14 – Thursday 16 March at 7.30pm! This hilarious comedy written by Ayub Khan Din and Directed by Damian Cruden will be brought to Newport following huge success in the West End. You might also remember the hit 1999 film. A Pilot Theatre, York Theatre Royal and Octagon Theatre Bolton Co-Production; East is East is set in Salford in 1970 and tracks the lives of George Khan (Genghis to his family), Ella his British wife and their six children, as George tries to assert his traditional values over his increasingly independent kids. Daughter Meenah prefers soccer to saris. Middle son Saleem sees himself more as ‘artist’ than ‘engineer’. Abdul and Tariq prefer bell-bottoms to the wedding belles that their father is arranging for them. Sajit, the youngest son, chooses to hibernate inside his snorkel parka hood. Only middle son Maneer prefers the Koran to the cross-fire, leaving beleaguered Mum, Ella to keep the family from coming apart at the seams. “Plays don’t come much better than this… full of intelligence and irresistible laughter” Sunday Times Tickets are priced £7.50, £10, £12 Reductions: £5.50, £8, £10 CLC: £5, £7.50, £9.50 Tickets for all events at The Riverfront are on sale from the central box office booking line on 01633 656757. For further information about The Riverfront please visit the website: www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront or join the FREE MAILING LIST by sending your contact details to: FREEPOST NAT15773, Newport NP20 1YY. |
| The Riverfront, Newport web site: www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront |
| Rachel Kinchin e-mail: rachel.kinchin@newport.gov.uk |
Thursday, January 19, 2006 |
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