Find out more about Zaida and Aadam, part of This Place We Know. Zaida and Aadam by Gbolahan Obisesan tells the story of two young British Muslims who have been channelled onto the government’s controversial anti-radicalisation programme Prevent. At the point we meet them they have recently been deemed no longer a threat to national security, but they…
This Place We Know is just round the corner and we’ve got some exciting casting news for you. Here’s the full casting for the festival. Zaida and Aadam stars Danny Ashok’s theatre credits include Disgraced here at the Bush Theatre in 2013, he later reprised his role in the Broadway production. Films include: Love Actually, Four Lions, Perfume, The…
Our little patch of the Uxbridge Road is the true star of our upcoming season of new plays, This Place We Know. It’s also the star of this extract from a piece, originally published in the Financial Times, by playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist Hanif Kureishi. A city that has lost its loucheness has lost almost everything,…
