Synopsis

New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is happy, in love and about to land the biggest career promotion of his life. But beneath the veneer, success has come at a price. When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a friendly conversation soon escalates into something far more damaging.

Our Review:

Theo Bosanquet - 23 May 2013

The timing of this UK premiere of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced is eerily apposite in light of yesterday's events in Woolwich.

The play, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this year, is a meditation on the undercurrents of racial and religious tension that continue to riddle the West in the wake of 9/11.

Its central protagonist is Amir (Hari Dhillon), a hotshot New York attorney whose Muslim heritage (his parents are from Pakistan) is causing tension with the Jewish partners at his firm.

In the opening exchanges, Amir is painted by his attractive artist wife Emily (Kirsty Bushell), who has a particular fascination with Islamic culture. She feels he shouldn't be ashamed of his background, but it's clear he's been conservative with the truth at work, telling his bosses he's from India on the grounds it still was when his father was born.

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