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Written by and starring Ayub Khan Din (My Beautiful Laundrette, East is East) alongside multi-award winning Jane Horrocks (Sunshine on Leith, Little Voice, Life is Sweet, Absolutely Fabulous). An hilarious modern classic about growing up in multiracial England. Pakistani chip-shop owner George Khan (Ayub Khan Din) is determined to give his children a strict Muslim upbringing against the unforgiving backdrop of 1970s Salford. Household tension reaches breaking point as their long-suffering English mother, Ella (Jane Horrocks), gets caught in the cross fire - her loyalties divided between her marriage and the free will of her children. ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Fierce, funny, affecting. A play with guts, wit and a big, beating heart.' - The Times ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Brilliantly alive. A great night out' - The Independent ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Great humour and real theatrical exuberance' - The Guardian 'Jane Horrocks is excellent' - The Observer ★ ★ ★ ★ - The Independent, The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Mail on Sunday, The Telegraph, Time Out