East Is East | |
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Written by | Ayub Khan-Din |
Directed by | Kristine Landon-Smith |
Date premiered | 8 October 1996 |
Place premiered | Birmingham Repertory Theatre Studio |
Original language | English |
East Is East is a 1996 play by Ayub Khan-Din, first produced by Tamasha Theatre Company in co-production with the Royal Court and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. A semi-autobiographical story of growing up in a mixed-race, working-class family in 1970s Salford, East is East is often cited as one of the key works to bring South Asian culture to mainstream British audiences.[1] The play was published by Nick Hern Books,[2] and subsequently turned into the 1999 film East is East.[1]