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An evening of bold new theatre created via a unique collaboration between young people and Muslim playwrights The Lady - Homera has convinced her dad to let her use his minicab office for an Eid party for her friends. But when a spooky game with an upturned glass gets out of hand, the lights go out and a mysterious presence makes herself known... Birthday Begum - 70-year old Hasina has waited all day in the minicab office for her selfish granddaughters to take her out on her birthday. When a fairy godson turns up and grants her three wishes, Hasina summons her granddaughters, and gives them a frightening vision of the future. Entangled - In the near future, a brutal civil war rages between the Solars and Lunars. Two groups of young people from the rival tribes meet, and have to decide who gets to call the derelict minicab office home. North West Side Story - NW Cars in Cricklewood is closing down, to be replaced by an Uber office. Caught on different sides of the divide, Cara and Azem meet and love blossoms ? but will it ever be allowed? A hilarious contemporary take on a musical classic.

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Asif Khan (The Lady), Iman Qureshi (Birthday Begum), Mahad Ali (Entangled), Mediah Ahmed (North West Side Story)
Director(s): Kate Hibbert (The Lady), Sam Maynard (Birthday Begum), Cara Woods (Entangled), Hailey Manuel (Entangled), Nick Jones (Entangled), Alexandra Barson (North West Side Story)
Presented by(s): Swanlea School (The Lady), Mulberry School for Girls (Birthday Begum), Regent High School (Entangled), Hampstead School (North West Side Story)