A Muslim family coping with the pressures that terrorism and fundamentalism bring
Rani Moorthy hits the zeitgeist in this world premiere of her new stage play about a Muslim family coping with the pressures on family life that terrorism and fundamentalism have brought. Too Close To Home opens at the Lyric Studio, as part of the theMIX Season before touring nationwide.
Huddled in a world of extraordinary events, an ordinary Sufi Muslim family gathers during Ramadan to pray and to break the fast. Life takes on unexpected dimensions as family conflict erupts and the content of a rucksack is not the only secret exposed.
Rani Moorthy brings her generous warmth and vitality to a family catapulted into crisis. Bearing witness to the increasing unease with Muslims in areas of British society, they begin to turn inwards. As attitudes to Islam divide the generations and a new world order challenges religious identity, this powerful and vibrant drama asks ‘Do you really know what is going on under your own roof?’
Based in Manchester, Rasa produce exciting and heart-warming drama that unites both South Asian and Western theatre. The company produced the hit Curry Tales which is the most widely toured piece of South Asian theatre in the UK, seen in over 80 venues and broadcast on Radio 4.
October 24, 2006
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