The Tiger and the Moustache
From: Tuesday, 12th February 2013
To: Saturday, 16 February 2013
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Synopsis
Where do we come from and what makes us who we are? Is our destiny written in the stars or stamped in a passport? We all have a journey to make, stupid girl, even you. Born on the very first day of a new nation, Hashi, the girl who always smiles, grew up surrounded by flying tigers in the Sunderban jungles. In The Tiger and the Moustache, local actor and writer Saikat Ahamed (TFT's Cinderella: A Fairytale, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Bristol Old Vic's Treasure Island and Peter Pan) traces the journey of Hashi, his mother, and the emerging nation of Bangladesh. Travel with him as he slides in and out of time, from the agonies of Partition in 1947 right up to the present day, boarding fishing boats up the Meghna River and rickshaws along the dusty roads of Dacca. From East London to East Bengal, taking in Birmingham, Germany and Glasgow, this story of Bangladesh is woven together through storytelling, theatre, live music, dance and a healthy amount of humour.
Our Review:
Shane Morgan - 12 February 2013
It is always a bold undertaking dealing with history on stage. What do you leave in? What do you edit, condense or plain ignore? Your ambition is even bolder when you tackle powder keg issues. Theatre maker Saikat Ahamed places the birth of a nation alongside the birth of his mother. India declares independence on the day his Mother is born and so the adventure begins.
This one man show covers a cast of hundreds as Ahamed introduces family, friends, students, passers-by, politicians and even the odd animal to his audience. From the profound to the pathetic, historical references are thrown at the audience thick and fast. What quickly becomes clear however is that you don’t have to keep up. The dates, names and times aren’t important. What’s more important are the characters and Ahamed’s relationship with them.
Ahamed gives a fire cracker of a performance switching from one character to the next and checking in as the narrator in between with enough c...
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