The Empire
From: Thursday, 13th May 2010
To: Saturday, 29 May 2010
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Synopsis
Helmand in the height of summer. Gary, a British soldier, and Hafizullah, his Afghan colleague, guard an injured young prisoner, Zia, found in the heat of battle. Gary wants answers, Hafizullah just wants to make it through the day and Zia thinks there has been a big mistake.
Our Review:
Karen Bussell - 21 May 2010
WITTY, gritty and compelling, DC Moore’s The Empire continues its sell-out tour at The Drum, Plymouth until 29 May then opens at the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre on 2 June.
A co production between the Drum and Royal Court, this is an intense fly-on-the-wall observation of a difficult 90 minutes in the life of a few people stuck in a room.
Hardly a Big Brother experience, the room is a bullet-riddled, rubble-strewn shell in Helmand Province in the climatic and political heat of Afghanistan.
The occupants are the laconic, foul-mouthed, edgy British corporal Gary (a superb performance by Joe Armstrong), the nervous, joint-smoking Afghan Army translator (a convincing Josef Altin) and their prisoner Zia (played beautifully wheedling and desperate by turns by Nav Sidhu), an injured Asian found unconscious beside a rocket launcher in the aftermath of a fatal attack by the Taliban. Visitors to the room are Gary’s Commanding Officer (a suitab...
Cast
Rufus Wright (Simon)
Josef Altin (Hafizullah)
Joe Armstrong (Gary)
Imran Khan (Jalander)
Nav Sidhu (Zia)
Creative
DC Moore (Author)
Royal Court (Producer)
Mike Bradwell (Director)
Bob Bailey (Design)
Jason Taylor (Lighting)
Nick Manning (Sound)
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