Post by joem on Sept 23, 2018 1:08:13 GMT
Charming and thought-provoking family drama centred around the sixty-year plus relationship between an Indian couple Jyoti (Anjana Vasan) and Rasik (Shubham Saraf) going through an arranged marriage, followed by their attempts to farm near Nairobi whilst the Mau-Mau uprising is taking place, their subsequent move to UK, the travails of bringing up a family and working in racist Britain (they have to leave Kenya as they are not wanted there as independence approaches) and so on as you would expect from a family saga.
Impressive performances from the two leads who have a real rapport with each other. A minor grouse, David (Martins Imghanbe), the Kenyan character, is supposed to be over eighty in the final scene but doesn't look a day older than he was sixty years before. Little bit of make-up please?
This is absorbing epic theatre; whilst there are a few props, it is staged in the round, mostly on a bare stage with only some help from music and visuals, and yet the cast of six keeps the audience engrossed for over three hours. Chapeau to playwright Vinay Patel, hope to see much more.
Impressive performances from the two leads who have a real rapport with each other. A minor grouse, David (Martins Imghanbe), the Kenyan character, is supposed to be over eighty in the final scene but doesn't look a day older than he was sixty years before. Little bit of make-up please?
This is absorbing epic theatre; whilst there are a few props, it is staged in the round, mostly on a bare stage with only some help from music and visuals, and yet the cast of six keeps the audience engrossed for over three hours. Chapeau to playwright Vinay Patel, hope to see much more.
