Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	22nd October 2024
To	16th November 2024
When	19:15. Sat Mats 13:30
Barbican Centre (V371)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 23 Sep 24 - T170484484
Date of change: 8 Jul 24 - T170484484

The Buddha of Suburbia

Work:: The Buddha of Suburbia (S1331867897)

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. Emma Rice adapts the award-winning 1990 novel, which was later turned into an acclaimed TV series, with Hanif Kureishi. On stage it becomes an irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging.

Book by	Hanif Kureishi
Adapted by	Emma Rice
Adapted by	Hanif Kureishi

Production:: (T170484484)

Presented by	Royal Shakespeare Company
Presented by	Wise Children
Director	Emma Rice
Design	Rachana Jadhav
Costume	Vicki Mortimer
Sound	Simon Baker (also video designer / music arrangements)
Lighting	Jai Morjaria
Music	Niraj Chag
Choreographer	Etta Murfitt (also intimacy coordinator)
Director	Kev McCurdy (fight)
Director	Matthew Dewsbury (CDG - casting)
Director	Laura Keefe (associate director)
Costume	Helen Johnson (associate costume designer)
Choreographer	Ankur Bahl (associate choreographer)
Performer	Dee Ahluwalia (Karim)
Performer	Ankur Bahl (Haroon)
Performer	Tommy Belshaw (Charlie / Shadwell)
Performer	Rina Fatania (Tracey / Jeeta / Marlene / Auntie Jean)
Performer	Natasha Jayetileke (Jamila)
Performer	Naveed Khan (Anwar / Joanna)
Performer	Deven Modha (Ensemble)
Performer	Katy Owen (Margaret / Eleanor)
Performer	Simon Rivers (Changez)
Performer	Lucy Thackeray (Eva)
Performer	Ewan Wardrop (Matthew Pyke)

Listing:: L0426583057

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Special Performances

2 Nov 24 Captioned
6 Nov 24 Sign Interpreted
16 Nov 24 Audio Described

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