Commercial Rd
From: Wednesday, 3rd June 2009
To: Saturday, 20 June 2009
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Synopsis
Explores the struggles and fears of a group of dispossessed Asian petrol station workers in East London.
Our Review:
5 June 2009
This debut play by Mina Maisuria, winner of Angle Theatre’s new writer’s award, takes a comic look at a group of exploited petrol station employees as they try to scratch a living while working under the boss from hell. Although lacking in true comedic bite, Commercial Rd displays a keen eye for the drama of workplace relationships.
The action centres on Krishnan (Kal Aise), a recent immigrant working a long shift while his pregnant wife goes into labour. Shy and unassuming, he bears the brunt of manager Girish’s (Ravi Aujla) gauche behaviour, displaying a saintly restraint, even when repeatedly labelled ‘freshy,’ spoken to as if he has hearing difficulties and disallowed a phone call to his wife after his child’s birth. Aise skilfully charts the path of this anxious, pliant man who hopes to just please his boss but is increasingly put upon and finally broken when his naivety is taxed too far.
Girish (Ravi Aujla) treats his em...
Cast
Kal Aise (Krishnan)
Rina Mahoney (Feroza)
Alton Letto (Ramanathan)
Ashley Kumar (Sonny)
Ravi Aujla (Girish)
Creative
Mina Maisuria (Author)
Angel Theatre (Producer)
Hackney Empire (Producer)
Charlotte Gwinner (Director)
Garance Marneur (Design)
Garance Marneur (Costume)
Elizabeth Purnell (Music)
Mark O'Thomas (Dramaturg) (Other)
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