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Archive listings for Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2014)

Work type: Play.

T0555239414

Corporate Sponsor Travelex. Producer National Theatre (in association with Scott Rudin). Director Rufus Norris. Design Katrina Lindsay. Lighting Paule Constable. Sound Paul Arditti. Performer Pal Aron. Performer Hiran Abeysekera. Performer Esh Alladi. Performer Nathalie Armin. Performer Vincent Ebrahim. Performer Sartaj Garewal. Performer Mariam Haque. Performer Thusitha Jayasundera. Performer Muzz Khan. Performer Ranjit Krishnamma. Performer Manjeet Mann. Performer Anjli Mohindra. Performer Ronak Patani. Performer Bharti Patel. Performer Anneika Rose. Performer Chook Sibtain. Performer Gavi Singh Chera. Performer Stephanie Street. Performer Meera Syal. Performer Anjana Vasan. Performer Assad Zaman. Performer Shane Zaza.
10 Nov 14 to 5 May 15Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373
listing details L1237675632

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers archiveIndia 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. 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.

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Author: David Hare (based on the book by Katherine Boo)

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