My Beautiful Laundrette Leeds

Welcoming in the new with the old the box fresh Playhouse takes us back to the past with My Beautiful Laundrette.

My beautiful laundrette leeds. Set in the Pakistani community of London My Beautiful Laundrette follows the fortunes of handsome young Omar who together with his English friend Johnny takes over a run-down laundrette given to him by his rich uncle. Hanif Kureishis 1985 screenplay lands on stage as a story of youth prejudice and gritty perseverance which feels as if it were written this yearan impression only dashed by the political figures some Pet Shop Boy tunes and some. This place is so good.

4 out of 5 stars Author Michael Davies Locations Birmingham Bristol Leeds Leicester 27 September. My Beautiful Laundrette is part coming-of-age gay love story and part social realist snapshot of London in Thatchers Britain. Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 8 12 Oct Leeds Playhouse 15 26 Oct Belgrade Theatre Coventry 29 Oct 2 Nov and Birmingham Repertory Theatre 5 9 Nov.

The prejudice racial and sexual is evident but if one expects this very modern take on the Romeo and Juliet story to exculpate. Telling the story of an interracial gay. My Beautiful Launderette will be directed by Nikolai Foster and designed by Grace Smart with lighting by Ben Cracknell sound by Tom Marshall and casting by Kay Magson CDG.

Set in London during the Thatcher years My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young British Pakistani Omar who transforms his Uncles run-down laundrette into a thriving business. Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishis Oscar-nominated drama. At the centre of the story is our protagonist Omar a young British Pakistani charged with turning around his uncles launderette business.

This autumn Hanif Kureishis groundbreaking 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette will be reimagined for the stage in a new production directed by Nikolai Foste. My Beautiful Laundrette Cast Following the recent announcement that Curve Belgrade Theatre Coventry Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse are co-producing a new stage production of Hanif Kureishis My Beautiful Laundrette this autumn the full cast for the drama has now been revealed. This November Hanif Kureishis iconic and Oscar-nominated screenplay My Beautiful Laundrette comes to the stage.

For those that dont know the plot My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young British Pakistani Omar Omar Malik who transforms his Uncles run-down launderette into a thriving business. Together they transform it into a gaudy. CURVE BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY EVERYMAN THEATRE CHELTENHAM AND LEEDS PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCE NEW CO-PRODUCTION OF Hanif Kureishis MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE Directed by Nikolai Foster Opens 20 Sep 5.