AYUB KHAN DIN’S CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED
East is East
comes to the New Alexandra Theatre from
Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 January 2015
STARRING THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS JANE
HORROCKS
& CO-STARRING THE WRITER AYUB KHAN DIN
Ayub Khan Din’s critically acclaimed
play East is East, which starts previewing in the West End this
week, is part of Jamie Lloyd’s second Trafalgar Transformed season
at Trafalgar Studios. The show will then embark on a three week UK tour
starting in Birmingham at the New Alexandra Theatre from Wednesday
14 to Saturday 17 January 2015, before touring at Richmond Theatre and the
Manchester Opera House. Tickets go on-sale tomorrow, Wednesday
October 1.
East is East stars
the multi award-winning stage and screen star Jane Horrocks (Young
Vic’s Annie Get Your Gun, Sunshine on Leith, The Rise And Fall Of
Little Voice, Absolutely Fabulous) as Ella and the award-winning playwright Ayub
Khan Din himself, as her husband George.
Jamie Lloyd, Artistic
Director of Trafalgar Transformed, said “Following the success of the tour of The
Pride, I am excited that another production from the season, East
Is East, can reach many more new audiences within the UK. It is a timely
and hilarious play, and it is great that the original cast will be playing in
these three venues early in 2015."
Pakistani chip-shop owner George Khan - "Genghis" to his kids
- is determined to give his children a strict Muslim upbringing against the
unforgiving backdrop of 1970s Salford. Household tension reaches breaking point
as their long-suffering English mother, Ella, gets caught in the cross fire -
her loyalties divided between her marriage and the free will of her
children.
East is East, Ayub Khan
Din’s semi-autobiographical account of British Asian life in the 1970s and the
clash of cultures between a multi-cultural family growing up in Salford, is a
play that continues to resonate and provoke discussion. The play will be
directed by acclaimed director Sam Yates, in his West End
directorial debut, following Richard III (starring Martin
Freeman), as part of Artistic Director Jamie Lloyd’s exciting second season for
Trafalgar Transformed. Design is by Tom Scutt, lighting
by Richard Howell, with sound and music by Alex Baranowski.
Amit Shah (Abdul Khan), Ashley Kumar (Tariq
Khan), Darren Kuppan (Maneer Khan), Nathan Clarke (Saleem
Khan), Taj Atwal (Meenah Khan) and Michael Karim (Sajit
Khan) complete the casting of the Khan family, and are joined by Sally
Bankes (Auntie Annie), Rani Moorthy (Mrs. Shah) and Hassani
Shapi (Mr Shah/Doctor) to complete the cast.
East is East, was Ayub
Khan Din’s first play, following an initial career as an actor. It was
staged at the Royal Court in 1997 and, subsequently, Ayub adapted the play into
a hugely successful feature film, starring Om Puri and Linda Bassett. For
his screenplay, Ayub won a British Independent Film Award and a London Critics’
Circle Film Award, and was nominated for two BAFTAs for Best Adapted Screenplay
and the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and a European Film
Award for Best Screenwriter. Ayub was last seen on stage in May 2013, when
he appeared in the title role of Bunty Berman Presents, under
the wing of The
New Group at the Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway.
The musical was co-authored by Ayub and Grammy and Emmy Award winner Paul
Bogaev. He made his film debut in My Beautiful Laundrette, but is
perhaps best known for the role of Sammy in Hanif Kureishi'sSammy and Rosie Get Laid – both
directed by Stephen Frears. His TV credits include Coronation Street,
London Bridge, The Chief, Dangerfield, Boon, The Bill and Poirot. Additional
writing credits include Last Dance at Dum Dum, Notes on
Falling Leaves, All the Way Home, Rafta Rafta,
which won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and ran at the National
Theatre, West is West, All in Good Time, an adaptation
of To Sir With Love, which recently completed a national tour, and Bunty
Berman Presents.
Jane Horrocks’ stage
credits include Annie Get Your Gun and The Good Soul
of Szechuan, both at the Young Vic, Aunt Dan and Lemon at
the Royal Court, Absurd Person Singular at the Garrick Theatre
and Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse. She is renowned on
stage for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which Jim Cartwright
wrote for her after hearing her impression of artists including Shirley Bassey
and Judy Garland. The production ran at the National Theatre and the Aldwych
Theatre, and earned her an Olivier nomination for Best Actress. It was then
adapted into a film, Little Voice, and Jane’s performance in the
film resulted in nominations for a Golden Globe for Best Actress, BAFTA for
Best Actress in a leading role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by an Actor in a leading role and a BIFA for Best Actress. She also
recorded a CD, Further Adventures of Little Voice, which included
duets with Ewan McGregor, Robbie Williams and Dean Martin. On television Jane’s
credits include Trollied, The Cruise, This is Jinsy, Coming
Up: A Kind of Magic, Gracie, Absolutely Fabulous, Linda Green,
Jericho and Never Mind the Horrocks. Her film credits
include Sunshine on Leith, Corpse Bride, Chicken Run, Little Voice,
Life is Sweet, Memphis Belle, The Witches, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and The
Dress Maker.
Sam Yates most
recently directed Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse at the Royal
Exchange Theatre, Manchester and directed Ruth Wilson in The El Train at
Hoxton Hall. His other directing credits include Cornelius by
J.B. Priestley at the Finborough Theatre and 59E59 Theatre, New York, and Mixed
Marriage at the Finborough Theatre. He was Artistic Associate at Royal
and Derngate Theatres from 2011-2013. He trained with directors Jamie
Lloyd, Michael Grandage, Trevor Nunn, Josie Rourke and Phyllida Lloyd.
Trafalgar Transformed Artistic Director, Jamie Lloyd,
curates another season of powerhouse plays in the reconfigured Trafalgar
Studios. This is the second season of work produced by Jamie Lloyd
Productions, a partnership between acclaimed director Jamie Lloyd and Ambassador
Theatre Group. Richard III, starring Martin Freeman, and East
is East, follow Jamie Lloyd’s dynamic first Trafalgar Transformed
season, which launched with Macbeth starring James McAvoy,
followed by The Hothouse, starring John Simm and Simon Russell
Beale and The Pride, starring Hayley Atwell, Mathew Horne, Harry
Hadden-Paton and Al Weaver.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
LIMITED UK TOUR
EAST IS EAST – BY AYUB KHAN DIN
JAMIE LLOYD PRODUCTIONS – TRAFALGAR TRANSFORMED
Tickets on-sale Wednesday 1 October 2014
Theatre card members 10am
-11am
General on-sale from 11am
0844 871 3011
NEW ALEXANDRA THEATRE BIRMINGHAM
14-17 January 2015
Ticket prices: £10 - £25
Premium seats available
TRAFALGAR STUDIOS LONDON
EAST IS EAST – BY AYUB KHAN DIN
JAMIE
LLOYD PRODUCTIONS – TRAFALGAR TRANSFORMED SEASON TWO
PRODUCTION
TWO
4 OCTOBER 2014 – 3
JANUARY 2015
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