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The true story of one refugee's epic quest across Africa, brought to life with music from the world-renowned Isango Ensemble. Asad is a young Somali refugee with a painful past, miraculously good luck and a brilliant head for business. After years in a refugee camp and then learning to hustle in the streets of Ethiopia, he sets off for the promised land of South Africa. But when he arrives, he discovers the violent reality of life in the townships - and his adventures really begin. Sung in English with no surtitles

Creatives/Company

Book by: Jonny Steinberg
Adapted by: Isango Ensemble
Producer(s): Isango Ensemble, Young Vic
Director: Mark Dornford-May
Musical Director: Mandisi Dyantyis
Choreographer: Lungelo Ngamlana
Lighting: Mannie Manim