So & So Circus Theatre
Backgammon for Beginners
Sunday 13 May, 7.30pm
November 1976. A military jet arrives in London and a bemused looking Iranian man in flares steps on to the tarmac. He holds a single suitcase and blinks in this new land.
Unknown to airport officials, he has smuggled in the last of his opium supply, and brings with him a complicated past from a culture which doesn't slot very neatly into this one.
Over the next few years his attempts to comprehend the differences between his past and his present will lead to jumping out of hotel windows, introducing backgammon to London bars, facing the terror of the National Front and stopping trains with his bare hands. It will also lead to broken hearts, secret loves and multiple children.
Fusing drama, breathtaking acrobatics, live music and puppetry, So & So Circus tell the true story of this extraordinary man and his life without a safety net.
Praise for previous show The Hot Dots:
"...a beautifully entertaining and moving story..." Simon Hollingworth, Manager, Lincoln Drill Hall
"...an extremely popular show..." Louise Miles-Crust, Artistic Programme Manager, Wales Millenium Centre
"...highly-original and hugely entertaining..." Trevor Sweeney, Hawks Well Theatre
Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions)
Seat plan
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