East Is East (play)

East Is East
Written byAyub Khan-Din
Directed byKristine Landon-Smith
Date premiered8 October 1996
Place premieredBirmingham Repertory Theatre Studio
Original languageEnglish

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]

  1. ^ a b Bhuchar, Suman (2002). "East is East". In Donnell, Alison (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 141–2. ISBN 0203194993.
  2. ^ Khan Din, Ayub (1997). East is East. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 1854593137.