Tales of the Harrow Road
From: Wednesday, 10th November 2010
To: Saturday, 13 November 2010
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Synopsis
A woman leaves a war-torn land on a quest to find her new home, a girl dreams of singing at the Paradise, and a woman is turned into a Bollywood Cinderella when she receives three marriage proposals, one from a Bangla superstar... Verity Bargate Award winner In-Sook Chappell’s Tales of the Harrow Road brings together the journeys, dreams and real stories of women from Paddington’s infamous Harrow Road. A life-affirming, riotous clash of storytelling, drama, music hall, bangla pop and tap dancing.
Our Review:
Jo Caird - 8 November 2010
Written by the award-winning Anglo-Korean playwright, In-Sook Chappell following workshops with ethnic minority women in Paddington, Tales of the Harrow Road is intended to bring the stories of underrepresented communities to the stage. It’s a noble ambition, but one that falls down utterly in its presentation, in the process making a mockery of community-involved theatre.
The play touches upon many stories, but its central concerns are Leyla (Hara Yannas), a second generation Iraqi single-mother desperate to learn about her family’s heritage, and Mukti (Balvinder Sopal), a young woman whose Bangladeshi family has decided it's time she was married. These women’s stories are sensitively told at points and raise some interesting questions about immigrant experience, but director Suzanne Gorman’s decision to cast 11 non-actors alongside the four professional leads means that almost every scene is compromised by amateurism.
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In-Sook Chappell (Author)
Soho Theatre (Producer)
Cockpit Theatre (Producer)
City of Westminster College (Producer)
Suzanne Gorman (Director)
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