A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE RSC
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HANIF KUREISHI
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY EMMA RICE, WITH HANIF KUREISHI
DIRECTED BY EMMA RICE
“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
“Emma Rice has nailed it” Telegraph
“Adapted by Rice with Kureishi, it is an effervescent piece of theatre —
upbeat, funny, ridiculous and tender” Financial Times
“Angela Carter hailed Kureishi’s novel for its humour and heart: this show comes with bundles of both” The Guardian
About the show
‘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.
Age guidance 13+.
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
