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Funeral Director, The

  • Iman Qureshi
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9781848427969

"I just thought it would be a secret I’d have to die with. And now – I think it’ll be what kills me."

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Papatango New Writing Prize (2018)
Life as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isn't always easy, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage, a business, a future.

Until Tom walks in to organise his boyfriend's funeral. A snap moral decision, informed by the values of Ayesha's community and faith, has profound consequences.

Forced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself, Ayesha must decide who she is – no matter the cost.

Iman Qureshi's play The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in October 2018.
REVIEWS:

"Very clever… plenty of moral meat to sink your teeth into."

 Time Out

"A bit of a cracker... Iman Qureshi's play tackles, with grace and dignity, the tricky subject of Islamic attitudes to same-sex relationships. It's a play that makes a humane point without lapsing into preachiness."

 The Guardian

"A sensitive and nuanced exploration of sexuality and the Islamic faith... elegantly drawn."

 The Stage

Premiere Production: Southwark Playhouse, London, 2018.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers

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Life as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isn't always easy, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage, a business, a future.

Until Tom walks in to organise his boyfriend's funeral. A snap moral decision, informed by the values of Ayesha's community and faith, has profound consequences.

Forced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself, Ayesha must decide who she is – no matter the cost.

Iman Qureshi's play The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in October 2018.

$24.95

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