EAST IS EAST embarks on UK tour
Pauline
McLynn (Father
Ted, Shameless, EastEnders) will play Ella Khan in Ayub
Khan Din’s critically-acclaimed play East is East,
embarking on a 16 week national tour and making its Scottish debut at the
Theatre Royal Glasgow from Monday 10 until Saturday 15 August 2015.
East
is East was
part of Jamie Lloyd’s second Trafalgar Transformed season, directed
by Sam Yates, designed
by Tom Scutt, with lighting by Richard Howell and
sound and music by Alex Baranowski.
Pauline
McLynn will be joined by some of the original cast from the West End production
of East is East: Ashley Kumar(Tariq Khan), Darren
Kuppan (Maneer Khan) and Sally Bankes (Auntie Annie).
The full cast will be announced in due course.
Pakistani
chip-shop owner George Khan - "Genghis" to his kids - is determined
to give his children a strict Muslim upbringing against the unforgiving
backdrop of 1970s Salford. Household tension reaches breaking point as their
long-suffering English mother, Ella, gets caught in the cross fire - her
loyalties divided between her marriage and the free will of her children.
East
is East,
Ayub Khan Din’s semi-autobiographical account of British Asian life in the
1970s and the clash of cultures between a multi-cultural family growing up in
Salford, is a play that continues to resonate and provoke discussion. Starring award-winning screen
icon Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless and EastEnders)
as Ella and a host of the finest British acting talent as the remainder of
the Khan family and friends, this long awaited revival of a modern
comedy classic promises to be unmissable.
The
National Tour of East is East follows the completion of the
second season of work for Trafalgar Transformed, produced by Jamie Lloyd
Productions, a partnership between acclaimed director Jamie Lloyd and
Ambassador Theatre Group. Season Two included Richard III, starring
Martin Freeman, East is East starring Jane Horrocks and The
Ruling Class, starring James McAvoy, which is running until 11 April 2015.
PERFORMANCES
Theatre
Royal Glasgow
Mon
10 – Sat 15 Aug 2015
Mon
– Sat eves 7.30pm
Thu
& Sat mats 2.30pm
Box
Office 08448 717 647 (bkg fee)
www.atgtickets.com/glasgow (bkg fee)
Onsale:
ATG
Theatre Card Members from Tuesday 17 March at 10am
General
Onsale from Thursday 19 March at 10am
EAST
IS EAST NATIONAL TOUR
THEATRE
ROYAL BRIGHTON
11
– 20 JUNE
0844
871 7650
WATERSIDE
THEATRE, AYLESBURY
22
- 27 JUNE
0844
871 7607
NEW
VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING
29
JUNE – 4 JULY
0844
871 7645
CHURCHILL
THEATRE, BROMLEY
6
- 11 JULY
0844
871 7620
PRINCESS
THEATRE, TORQUAY
13
- 18 JULY
0844
871 3023
REGENT
THEATRE, STOKE
20
- 25 JULY
0844
871 7649
THEATRE
ROYAL, NOTTINGHAM
27
JULY – 1 AUGUST
0115
989 5555
GRAND
OPERA HOUSE, YORK
3
- 8 AUGUST
0844
871 3024
THEATRE
ROYAL, GLASGOW
10
- 15 AUGUST
0844
871 7647
THE
ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD
31
AUGUST – 5 SEPTEMBER
01274
432000
SHEFFIELD
LYCEUM, SHEFFIELD
7
SEPTEMBER – 12 SEPTEMBER
0114
249 6000
BATH
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
14
SEPTEMBER – 19 SEPTEMBER
01225
448844
