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    Burkas and Bacon Butties (NHB Modern Plays)

    By Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley

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    A heart-warming, clash-of-cultures comedy set in a Wigan taxi.

    The play follows taxi-driver Ashraf and his twenty-something daughter, Shaz, over the course of a year as they negotiate the ups and downs of living in a mixed-culture family.

    Burkas and Bacon Butties by Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley was first performed as part of the 2018 VAULT Festival, London.

    Also available in the collection Plays from VAULT 3.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick Hern Books
    Release dateFeb 16, 2018
    ISBN9781788500197
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    Burkas and Bacon Butties (NHB Modern Plays)
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    Shamia Chalabi

    Shamia Chalabi is a London-based writer and actress working in theatre and TV. Her semi-autobiographical play, Burkas and Bacon Butties, based on some of her personal experiences growing up in London and Wigan, was first performed at part of the 2018 VAULT Festival, London. It was later developed as a new play, Habibti Driver, premiered at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in 2022.

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