National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers - 12 Mar 2015 Event Cinema Meera Syal (The Kumars, Goodness Gracious Me, Rafta Rafta at the National) returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road). Pulizter Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. TICKETS FROM: £13.00 - £15.00 STARRING: Meera Syal RUNNING TIME: 180 mins SHOWING TIMES: 12 Mar 2015 harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/event-cinema/national-theatre-live-behind-the-beautiful-forevers/
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:24:00 +0000
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