THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA IS BACK!
We are thrilled to announce that our co-production with the RSC will transfer to London's Barbican Centre
from Tuesday October 22 - Saturday November 16.
“This glorious play, studded with comic sex scenes and period songs manages to combine the knowing satire of the original with an extraordinarily fluid theatrical language” The Times
"My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred. Almost."
South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17 year-old Karim’s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he
navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham.
Hanif Kureishi and Emma Rice adapt Kureishi’s award-winning 1990 novel, which was later turned into an acclaimed TV series. On stage it becomes an irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex,
theatre and, ultimately, belonging.
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Age guidance 13+