My Beautiful Laundrette (play)
| My Beautiful Laundrette | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Hanif Kureishi |
| Based on | My Beautiful Laundrette Hanif Kureishi |
| Music by | Neil Tennant Chris Lowe |
| Date premiered | 20 September 2019 |
| Place premiered | Curve, Leicester |
| Original language | English |
| Setting | London |
My Beautiful Laundrette is a play by Hanif Kureishi adapted from his screenplay for the 1985 film of the same name. The film was highly successful and became internationally known.
Production history
[edit]The play premiered at the Curve in Leicester from 20 September to 5 October 2019 before touring to Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (8 to 12 October), Leeds Playhouse (15 to 26 October), Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (29 October to 2 November) and Birmingham Repertory Theatre (5 to 9 November). The play was directed by Nikolai Foster and featured original music by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys.[1]
On 28 August 2020, Curve announced it would release an archive recording of the dress rehearsal of the production to play on its website from 2 September until the theatre could re-open, based on conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time major institutions were shut down.[2]
The play returned to the Curve from 17 to 24 February 2024 before touring to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (28 February to 9 March) and The Lowry, Salford (19 to 23 March).
Cast and characters
[edit]| Character | UK tour[3] |
|---|---|
| 2019 | |
| Bilquis / Moose | Balvinder Sopal |
| Rachel / Cheery | Cathy Tyson |
| Papa / Zaki | Gordon Warnecke |
| Salim | Hareet Deol |
| Johnny | Jonny Fines |
| Nasser | Kammy Darweish |
| Tania | Nicole Jebeli |
| Omar | Omar Malik |
| Genghis / Dick O'Donnell | Paddy Daly |
References
[edit]- ^ "My Beautiful Laundrette Tour announced". British Theatre. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Curve Theatre / Curve to release archive recording of Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette". Curve Theatre / Curve to release archive recording of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Curve Theatre / My Beautiful Laundrette". Curve Theatre / My Beautiful Laundrette. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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