Mustafa

Synopsis

Mustafa is in prison serving 14 years for the death of a teenage boy during an attempted exorcism. Isolated in a world where his beliefs are treated with suspicion, he maintains his claim of innocence and tries to keep his head down. But when inmates who taunt him suffer unexplained injuries and prison officers start to behave strangely, stories of 'Magic Mustafa' spread and even those closest to him begin to doubt his explanations... As events become more mysterious and Mustafa increasingly withdrawn, the edges of reality begin to blur and we are forced to make a judgement: Is Mustafa the evil killer of a teenager, or a spiritual man who risked his life to deliver a boy from a dangerous entity? A compelling and vivid thriller, Mustafa will have you on the edge of your seat.

Our Review:

Karen Bussell - 28 March 2012

Kali Theatre Company is back in town.

Following last year’s fun outing Ghandhi and Coconuts, Kali, founded in 1990 and dedicated to championing women writers from a South Asian background, brings a spine-tingler in Naylah Ahmed’s Mustafa.

Mustafa (a studied portrayal by Munir Khairdin) is something of an enigma. Is his self-effacing demeanour who he really is or did he brutally murder a teenage boy?

But as he and the boy were alone in the room while the family remained outside, how else could the horrific injuries have been inflicted?

His claims that he was performing the exorcism of a djinn and there is ample evidence that the evil spirit is now abroad - prisoners hit themselves, guards attack him, lights fuse and no one can be trusted to be who they seem.

Mustafa can read into a person’s body, identifying illness, upset and secrets. Holy man, magician or possessed?

Ryan Early puts in a convincing performa...

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