Auntie Netta's Holiday for Asylum (2011)

Written and performed by Nimmi Harasgama

Auntie Netta is the unassumingly funny asylum seeker from Sri Lanka, who tells the bawdy, observational story of her arrival in Britain. 

From Hadrian’s Wall to ‘Venezuelan’ bikini waxes and her favourite Portuguese dance to the wonders of Skype, we follow Auntie’s journey from literature scholar to cleaning lady.  

Nimmi Harasgama’s one-woman show is a fresh new satire on immigration, politics, and Auntie's experience of living in the UK. 

Auntie Netta’s Holiday for Asylum had its first airing at Tamasha’s Start Night for emerging artists at Hampstead Theatre (2009). It then played to roaring success at Battersea Arts Centre’s Scratch Festival, the Funny Women competition (2010) and toured The Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of a cheeky double bill with The Trouble with Asian Men.