My Beautiful Laundrette | |
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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
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.
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.
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
Character | UK tour |
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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
- "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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