Details

16-year old Muslim boy Makhzym, wiles away the hours writing poems amongst the nesting white storks at a glade. Feeling that his son is drifting through life, Makhzym s father sends him to the Madrassa to study and pray in the hope of making a man of him. Whislt there, Makhzym experiences the first flush of love towards a fellow student. On discovering his errant ways, his family force him into an arranged marriage with a young girl he doesn t know who is in love with someone else. White White Black Stork is inspired by the work of the famous Uzbek writer Abdulla Kadyri and is set in the city of Tashkent at the turn of the nineteenth century. The story is a poignant social tragedy about the clash of personal destiny with tradition and the conflicts between society, family and self.

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Abdullah Kadyri, Yolkin Tuichiev
Producer: BITE
Company: Ilkhom Theatre
Director: Mark Weil
Design: Shukhrat Abdumalikov
Music: Aziza Sadykova