Burkas and Bacon Butties

I wrote Burkas and Bacon Butties with Shamia Chalabi. It's a heart-warming ‘east meets west’ comedy charting a father daughter relationship over the course of a year.

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Ashraf is an Egyptian, a Muslim and a taxi driver and Shazia is his half Egyptian, half Wigan, twenty-something daughter.

 

Through multiple journeys in Ashraf’s taxi we explore the nuances of a mixed-culture family in contemporary Britain – the secrets kept and the stories told, and ask whether, despite the differences, family can win out regardless of the bacon butties…

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An abridged version had it its first outing at The Vault Festival in 2018 and was published by Nick Hern Books as part of the Vault Festival Anthology - ou can purchase the play text here.

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'Burkas' has since been workshopped twice by the Royal Shakespeare Company and is coming to the Park Theatre in May/June 2020. Tickets are available here.