Where's My Desi Soulmate
Press Release
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Rifco Arts presents
Where’s My Desi Soulmate
Are arranged marriages over? …Is the web a new matchmaker?
Contemporary British Asians are moving away from the traditions of arranged marriage and are looking at new ways of finding a life partner, exploring new methods to find their soulmate.
We all ask ourselves, “Will l ever find The One?”, “What’s the secret to happiness?”, “Is the grass really greener on the other side?” It used to be so simple. Boy meets girl over a plate of samosas in Auntie Bimla’s living room. So why, in the age of Shaadi.com, tantric speed dating, cosmic ordering, pokes and twitters is the path to true love bumpier than ever?
Is this an Asian parent’s worst nightmare – the arranged marriage failing?! Divorce rates are rising and since so many of us are also married to the extended family is divorce really an option?
Join our band of lonely hearts on their interweaving journeys to find love and companionship, encountering surprises, wrong turns and occasional heartbreak along the way. Who knows, you may even experience a ‘brief encounter’ of your own.
Rifco Arts presents a show which explores the journey of many characters and the different issues they go through to find the one they love! Rifco Arts gives you the opportunity to watch a show full of comedy, and even play a part in choosing the fate of a character. To top it off there will be a free ‘Traffic Light After Party ’.
‘Where’s My Desi Soulmate?’ brings together some of the finest talent in British Asian theatre industry, the director Pravesh Kumar (Writer and Director of ‘The Deranged Marriage’ and ‘There’s Something About Simmy’) and exceptional writers Sonia Likhari (Soho Theatre, Tamasha, Kali Theatre Company) and Harvey Virdi (Nina Mandal in Coronation Street, Brick Lane, Bride and Prejudice).
Venue: THE DRUM – Birmingham
Date: 4 – 8 March 7.30pm
Box Office: 0121 333 2444 or book online www.the-drum.org.uk
Ticket Prices: Wednesday 4 - £10(£8 Student NUS) Thursday 5 £10, Friday – Sunday £12 (group discount, buy 9 get 1 free!).
After Party: FREE AFTER SHOW TRAFFIC LIGHT PARTY – Wednesday 4 March 2009
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Media Contact: Call the Drum’s Marketing Manager on 0121 333 2421 or e-mail: k.reid@the-drum.org.uk
Note to Editor
Artistic Team: Director Pravesh Kumar
Co-writers Harvey Virdi & Sonia Likhari
Set Designer Simon Kenny
Video Artist Eva Auster
Cast: Ankur Bahl
Pooja Ghai
Sharona Sassoon
Simon Rivers
Where’s My Desi Soulmate will be touring venues across the UK as follows:
West Wing Arts Centre – Slough
3 – 7 February 8pm, Saturday matinee 2pm
www.westwingartscentre.org.uk
£12 Ticket (£10 conc.)/£8, £38 Family
After Show Traffic Light Party – Wednesday 4 Feb 2009
Artsdepot – London
10 – 14 February 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm
www.artsdepot.co.uk
£14 Ticket (£12 conc.)
After Show Traffic Light Party – Wednesday 11 Feb 2009
The Hawth – Crawley
19 – 21 February 7.45pm, Saturday matinee 2pm
www.hawth.co.uk
£12 Ticket (£10 conc) Buy 4 and get 5th Ticket free
After Show Traffic Light Party – Thursday 19 Feb 2009
The Alhambra Studio – Bradford
24 – 28 February, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
Full Price Wednesday – Saturday, £10 Tuesday & Saturday Matinee.
Concessions@ £10 Wednesday – Saturday, £8 Tuesday & Saturday Matinee
Family Ticket (£36 for 4, to include at least two children) (booking fees apply)
After Show Traffic Light Party – Tuesday 24 Feb 2009
The Drum – Birmingham
4 – 8 March 7.30pm
www.the-drum.org.uk
Wednesday 4 - £10 (£8 Student NUS), Thursday 5 £10, Friday – Sunday £12 (group discount Buy 9 get 1 free!)
After Show Traffic Light Party – Wednesday 4 March 2009
Press tickets available at all venues: contact marketing@rifocoarts.com to book.
