Rafta Rafta

[Spidax]

The theatre I work at has just finished a short run of the play Rafta Rafta

Rafta, Rafta... is a comedy by British Asian playwright Ayub Khan-Din adapted from the 1963 Bill Naughton play, All in Good Time. The play is set in the working-class English town of Bolton, and examines a story of marital difficulties within an immigrant Indian family. Eeshwar Dutt is a first-generation immigrant and patriarch of the family. He has a troubled relationship with his newly-wed son Atul, whose married life with Vina Patel has got off to a rocky start. The play deals with setting out and resolving these various conflicts. (as Wikipedia says)

a brilliant play if anyone gets a chance to see it. It has  has a lot of identity and intergration issues as well as a mixed relationship!

It was a brilliantly acted, and very funny play with an all British Asain cast - who were also some of the nicest and friendliest actors I have had the pleasure to work with.

However i was very disappointed with its reception. I dont know if it was the time of year, and the weather and the football but i thought more people would have come to see it. I was also pleasantly surprised by how the predominantly all white audience received the play, when i saw it the laughter was loud and extremely genuine as was the applause at the end. But i was disappointed only a tiny pecentage of the audience were asian.

I took my new man to see it, and he loved it, he also got a lot more of the subtle language and Indian family nuances and situations than I did. I believe it is touring the country further so look out for it!

[chweetgurl]

Hi Spida

Thank you for the recommendation..i googled to find information on london shows..they have had one in 2007...bt 2010 there is no info..maybe its an comeback will keep looking if you do come across any info let me i am quite interested to check it out...

Cheers

[secret]

ooo thank you, i'd like to see it if it comes to birmingham or wolverhampton!

[Dev1975]

Sounds cool, give us a heads up when it comes to London in the near future!