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1996 play by Ayub Khan-Din

East Is East is a 1996 play by Ayub Khan-Din, first produced by Tamasha Theatre Company in co-production with the Royal Court and Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Ayub khan din biography of abraham lincoln

A semi-autobiographical story of growing up in a mixed-race, working-class family in 1970s Salford, East is East is often cited as one of the key works to bring South Asian culture to mainstream British audiences.^[1] The play was published by Nick Hern Books,^[2] and subsequently turned into the 1999 film East is East.^[1]

Original production

Khan-Din had initially written a draft of the story of East is East as a college student.

He was encouraged by Sudha Bhuchar, artistic director at the Tamasha Theatre Company, to submit it for a writing workshop jointly run by Tamasha and the Royal Court. After development there with actors, director and a dramaturge, East Is East was first performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Studio o