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Ostan archiveRebin has been stuck in the UK immigration system for almost a decade, which has given him plenty of time to get into a routine. Work. Play. Apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain. Repeat. Work is the local hand carwash, under the nurturing eye of the manager, Destan, an Iranian-Kurd. The Iranian bit helps because the owner, Shapur, is very proud of his Persian roots. Play is online gaming with friend Noah, a truck driver and loyal customer of the carwash. Though maybe not so loyal on the virtual battlefield. Indefinite Leave to Remain is Gorkem. New worker, fresh off the boat. A Turkish-Kurd who claims to be the grandson of the Kurdish freedom fighter, Apo Ocalan. Rebin, an Iraqi-Kurd with no safe passage home, just sees history repeating itself. While he stays true to his story and stuck in the system, he's seen half a dozen like Gorkem make their way through the carwash, claiming heroic tales of escape, securing indefinite leave to remain and moving on with their lives. Rebin has heard it all before. That is until the boss, Shapur, proposes using the struggling business as a front for a human trafficking enterprise. Smuggling immigrants into the country in the boots of the carwash client's cars. Rebin's routine is about to be shattered. Indefinitely.

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Author: Arzhang Pezhman

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Archive listings for Ostan (2024)

Work type: Play.

T01613313861

World Premiere.Presented byTalking Shop Productions (in association with Park Theatre). Design Liz Cooke. Director Gaby Dellal.
18 Sep 24 to 12 Oct 24Park Theatre, Inner London :: V691990888
listing details L284483228
16 May 24 to 8 Jun 24Park Theatre, Inner London :: V691990888
listing details L1770493701

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