Combustion

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Bradford, in the month of Ramadan.Shaz, a local garage mechanic, is trying to keep his business going despite the terrible scandal of Asian men involved in grooming young girls for sex in the area.Racists plan to march through the city in protest and Samina, Shaz's sister wants to make a speech at a counter-demonstration.Shaz just wants a quiet life so that his prospective in-laws will let him marry their beautiful daughter, but as the city gets swept up in the protest, his world gets turned upside down.

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Bradford, in the month of Ramadan.Shaz, a local garage mechanic, is trying to keep his business going despite the terrible scandal of Asian men involved in grooming young girls for sex in the area.Racists plan to march through the city in protest and Samina, Shaz's sister wants to make a speech at a counter-demonstration.Shaz just wants a quiet life so that his prospective in-laws will let him marry their beautiful daughter, but as the city gets swept up in the protest, his world gets turned upside down.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
Published: 17 May 2017
ISBN 10: 1911501917
ISBN 13: 9781911501916

Media Reviews

A brave, important and necessary play. - Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

Author Bio

Asif Khan: Writer: Combustion, selected as one of six new plays for the Arcola Theatre's playWROUGHT #2 Festival, 2014. Progressed through to the final stage of the BBC Writers Room Script Room 8 Scheme. Tight Bastards, reading at the Soho Theatre for Tamasha Theatre (2015) and at Theatre 503 (2016). Willkommen, commissioned by Tamasha & The Migration Museum. The Plot, reading at the Soho Theatre for New Muslim Voices (2016), commissioned by Tamasha. Member of Tamasha Playwrights Group & BBC Comedy Room. Awards: RADA - Won a Laurence Olivier Bursary Award & Sir Alec Guinness Memorial Award. Snookered - Nominated for 'Best New Play' & 'Best Ensemble Cast', Off West End Theatre Awards 2012. Won 'Best New Play' at the Manchester Theatre Awards, 2013. Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes - BAFTA Winner, 2013 Adopt a Playwright Award (OffWestEnd) - Nominated and made it through to the final shortlist. Love, Bombs & Apples - Nominated as a finalist for Best Stage Production at the Asian Media Awards 2016 and Nominated as a finalist for Best Stage Production at Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards 2017. BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017 for New Writers. Nominated as a finalist for Best Actor at Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards 2017. Beam Awards 2017 - Nominated for The Male Actor of the Year Award. www.theasifkhan.com