TheatreTheatre
Venue
Barbican Centre
Date
Sat 2 Nov 2024
Time
1:30 pm
Subtitles
Captioned in house by Barbican Centre
The Buddha of Suburbia image
Synopsis:

South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17-year-old Karim’s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham.
 
Director Emma Rice brings her unique and joyful style to Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning 1990 novel, exploring family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging, in a critically acclaimed production that will you leave you ‘on a rare high’ (Telegraph).