The Dateless Wonder

Press Release

Immediate release

The Dateless Wonder

Admission £9 (£7)

www.the-drum.org.uk

‘Muriel’s wedding with a Punjabi twist’

Anjali Mya Chadha will be bringing her brand new comedy The Dateless Wonder to the Drum in Birmingham on Friday 16 March, as part of her <)/b>whistle-stop tour of the UK. This one woman theatrical piece follows the journey of a young British Punjabi female; single in a world of couples, togetherness and nightmare offspring, as she stumbles her way through her first traditional English wedding.

Meet Jo Jo – a guest at her friend Jules’s wedding. The same Jules who, even on her hen night, was outrageously flirting to snog Dermot O’Leary look-alikes. Jules is marrying Dave, who himself can only be described as ‘men behaving sadly’. As far as Jo Jo is concerned, it’s not just the wedding, but the whole day that is one huge mistake. She has turned up without a date, looking rather dishevelled after suffering an unfortunate hair-and-outfit incident and is forced to mingle with a whole host of Jules’s mad relatives.

The Dateless Wonder combines bold delivery with storytelling, observational humour and a range of eccentric characters; you’ll be guided through the trials and tribulations, the thrills and spills of an English wedding from Anjali’s own unique standpoint.

Anjali is fast becoming one of Britain’s rising TV stars. Her wealth of experience includes Little Britain, Meera Syal’s – Life isn’t all Ha Ha Hee Hee and Casualty plus she’s a regular panellist on BBC Asian Network. The Dateless Wonder is brought to you in association with Watermans Theatre and is directed by Lucy Taylor.

‘Come and delight in Anjali’s wit, humour and cutting edge observations, you might just recognise yourself or someone you know! Early booking is strongly advisable for what promises to be the wedding of the year’.

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NOTES TO EDITORS: /b>

Writer and Performer <)b> Anjali Mya Chadha

Anjali graduated with a BA (Hons) Drama from Liverpool JMU.

Credits include: Little Britain 1 and 3 (BBC), Mitchell and Webb (BBC), According to Bex (BBC) Casualty (BBC), Life isn’t all Ha Ha Hee Hee (BBC), The Canterbury Tales (BBC) Love Soup, The Robinsons, Attachments, In2Minds, 15 Storey’s High, Sweet Revenge, The Message (Yep all BBC).

And in a continuation of this corporation loyalty, Anjali is also a regular guest panellist on BBC Asian Network.

The Director – Lucy Taylor

Lucy graduated from Birkbeck, University of London with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing.

Credits include: Swimming (Soho Theatre Studio); Breaking News: A Decision (Theatre 503); The Country (Belgrade Theatre at Warwick Arts Centre); Attempts on Her Life; Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen (Kings Head Theatre); Timeless (Windsor Arts Centre). Assistant directing includes Tall Phoenix; Sleeping Beauty (Belgrade Theatre); Head/Case (Belgrade Theatre, RSC and Soho Theatre); Collateral Damage; Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (LAMDA); Sun is Shining (Kings Head).

Co-producer for Watermans – Salema Khanum

Tour Dates: www.thedatelesswonder.com