Details

This story is about a city. A city of exhaust fumes, drunken phone calls, first kisses, hysteria, sweat and laughter. Cairo. Coming of age in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, six young Egyptians navigate friendship, loss and secret Grindr dates in the city that made them. Winner of The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2020, You Bury Me is an explosive political debut from Ahlam about a generation emerging from a national trauma, determined to live and love freely.

Cast/Performers

Nezar Alderazi (Rafik), Moe Bar-El (Tamer), Tarrick Behham (Osman), Hanna Khogali (Alia), Eleanor Nawal (Lina), Yasemin Ozdemir (Maya)

Creatives/Company

Author: Ahlam
Presented by: Paines Plough
Director(s): Katie Posner, Annie-Lunette Deakin-Foster, Jacob Sparrow (casting), Riwa Saab (assistant)
Other(s): Ryan Funnell (production manager), Robbie Taylor Hunt (intimacy coordinator)
Stage Manager(s): Lois Sime, Charlotte Smith-Baker (assistant)
Design: Sara Perks
Lighting: Aideen Malone
Sound: Adam P McCready
Music: Kareem Samara