Nominated for an Olivier
Award for Best New Comedy

Winner of a Writers’ Guild Award
Winner of The John Whiting Award

East is East (1996)

by Ayub Khan Din

Salford 1970: The Khan children, caught between bell-bottoms and arranged marriages, are buffeted this way and that way by their Pakistani father’s insistence on tradition and being good muslims, their English mother’s laissez-faire and their own desire to be citizens of the world.

The critically acclaimed East is East marked a defining moment in Tamasha’s history and is now a contemporary classic. It became a popular film and the play has had many new national and international productions.  

The original production was co-produced with The Royal Court and in association with Birmingham Rep. The Rep also produced the 25th anniversary revival in 2021 (with the National Theatre)

View the original programe here.

View the digital programme of the 25th anniversary production where Sudha has contributed an article (Celebrating East is East) here