Synopsis
This is a story of a teenage boy — Asif. Pakistani by memory, urban British by culture and Muslim by sentiment, Asif appears to be in his groove. Cutting hi entrepreneurial teeth by selling pirated wares and trumpeting his adolescence with a blend of gab and feigned indifference, Asif is doing it his way. If his heart and mind belonged to anyone, if he had to pledge allegiance to anything, it would be to Queen Elizabeth … as long as she was stuck on the back of a bank note. But he is about to get all shook up. A school project challenges him to feel. A
zealous classmate wants him to get real. His doormat dad won’t stand up and his favourite rap group have just been banged up. And that is just for starters. As the pressures of life mount, Asif has to make some difficult choices that will alter his view of himself and the world. Whether he finds a dream worth living or dying for all depends on the state of his heart and mind … Oh, and the substance of water!
This 55-minute theatre-in-education play by Khayaal Theatre Company explores conflicting discourses, loyalties and identities and some of what it means to be
young British and Muslim today. Based on extensive consultations and conversations with young Muslims and inspired by actual events and reference points, the
play aims to encapsulate some of the dilemmas and discourses occupying the hearts and minds of some young Muslims while also proposing creative avenues
for reconciliation and resolution.
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Play written by: Luqman Ali, Eleanor Martin and Mo Sesay
Directed by: Eleanor Martin & Mo Sesay
Produced by: Luqman Ali
Performed by: John Afzal, Claire Suarez and Sarah Langton
Voice-overs by: Mo Sesay and Thomas Gray
Theatre Design by: Rebecca Bevan
Music & Sound: Thomas Gray
Featuring the poetry of Allamah Iqbal and Mirza Ghalib and the music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and MC Mello.
Khayaal Theatre Company
Khayaal, founded in 1997, is the UK’s first award-winning professional theatre company dedicated to the dramatic exploration of classic Muslim world literature and the experience of Muslims in the modern world within an authentic Islamic ethos and aesthetic.
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