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Category: Plays
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Sami Ibrahim's play A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain is a poetic fable about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own. 

Laurinda
Diana Nguyen with Petra Kalive

When 15-year-old Lucy Lam wins the inaugural Equal Access Scholarship to a prestigious private school, she is not prepared for the new world she's propelled into. It's overseen by The Cabinet—a trio of girls who wield power over everyone. When The Cabinet turn their attention to Lucy she has to make a choice: fit in and succeed, or stay true to herself. 

Jitney
August Wilson

Jim Becker and his unlicensed drivers take the people of Pittsburgh Hill District where regular taxi cabs won't – healing old wounds and tearing new ones as they pass the time in a condemned taxi rank between pick-ups.

 

Afghanistan. It's 2004. Farook and Samia broadcast live every day to the whole of Kabul, delivering ninety minutes of musical bliss: Britney, Backstreet Boys and Enrique Iglesias. But when their show starts to make waves, the two young friends must take on repressive forces to build a new Afghanistan.

Habibti Driver
Shamia Chalabi, Sarah Henley

Meet Ashraf and his 'Habibti' – his daughter Shazia. He's an Egyptian, Muslim taxi driver; she's half-Egyptian, half-Wiganese, and more interested in the last call at the bar than the call to prayer.

Orange Thrower
Kirsty Marillier

While her folks are back in Johannesburg, Zadie is holding down the family fort. All that changes when an unexpected visitor bursts back into Zadie's life in the middle of the night, breaking the silence with loud music and even louder opinions. 

Samskara
Lanre Malaolu

Inspired by real-life testimony, four generations of black men are trying to understand themselves in a world which tells them they have to be strong.

Hungry
Chris Bush

Lori is a professional chef. Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. One night together in a walk-in fridge and it's the beginning of something beautiful. A play about food, love, class and grief in a world where there's little left to savour.

Counting and Cracking
S. Shakthidharan

S. Shakthidharan's extraordinary multilingual play (English, Tamil and Sinhalese) Counting and Cracking traverses countries and decades to bring us an epic tale of family, love and politics.

Noughts & Crosses (Pilot Theatre version)
Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Malorie Blackman

This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

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