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Invasion!
written by: Jonas Hassen Khemiri
translated by: Frank Perry
dates: March 5 - 28, 2009
directed by: Lucy Kerbel (Young Angels Theatremakers Award 2008)
partners: a co-production with Soho Theatre and The Junction, Cambridge
supported by: Arts Council England, Embassy of Sweden
venues: The Junction, Cambridge (previews March 5); Soho Theatre (March 11 - 28)
cast: Greg Chillin, Chris Nayak, Raad Rawi, Viss Elliot Safavi
First performed in the UK as part of Company of Angels' Theatre Café Europe season 2007 at Unicorn Theatre
He is wicked Abulkasem. She is mad Abulkasem. Don't play the Abulkasem.
In a satirical comedy about the lives and identities of young Middle Easterners in Europe, Invasion! assaults our deepest prejudices about identity, race and language, and asks the question, 'Who or what is the mythical Abulkasem?'
Irreverent, funny and often deeply moving, Invasion! calls into question the very nature of theatre. A sell-out in Stockholm for two years, it now comes to London in a new production directed by Lucy Kerbel.
"Illuminating theatre...innovative in its merciless and humours attacks on the audience’s expectations as well as theatrical forms."
Borås Tidning
Jonas Hassen Khemiri received the Per Olov Enquist Prize in 2006 and Invasion!, was selected for the Swedish Teaterbiennalen 2007.
Now published as part of Theatre Cafe - Plays 1 by Oberon. Available in all good book shops or directly at www.oberonbooks.com (ISBN: 978-1-84002-893-5)
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