Khadija is 18
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st Oct '12
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An exciting new playwright gives a voice to the dispossessed and captures the hopes and heartbreak of the young.
Two teenage refugee girls in Hackney face moral dilemmas and an uncertain future, as they strive for legal status in the UK.
Khadija is 18 is a story from the frontline of multicultural Britain, and explores the lives of two teenage refugee girls in London's East End. Liza needs Khadija and Khadija needs Liza. When Khadija links up with Ade, things begin to unravel. Does Khadija care about Liza anymore? And what is Ade doin’ having sex with a ref girl? All the while the immigration clock is ticking down. Giving voice to the dispossessed and capturing the hopes and heartbreak of our young people, Shamser Sinha is an exciting new voice in playwriting.
"Sinha has a command of the combative staccato rhythms and jabbing wit of streetwise city youth vernacular, and an instinct for dramatic structure... There’s a tenderness and flair at work here that makes the familiar something special." - London Times "A bracing blast from the immigration frontline
a terrific full-length professional playwriting debut." - Evening Standard "A lively, vivid piece of writing." - Guardian "There’s an admirable honesty in this script." - Daily Telegraph
"Sinha has a command of the combative staccato rhythms and jabbing wit of streetwise city youth vernacular, and an instinct for dramatic structure... There’s a tenderness and flair at work here that makes the familiar something special." - London Times "A bracing blast from the immigration frontline…a terrific full-length professional playwriting debut." - Evening Standard "A lively, vivid piece of writing." - Guardian "There’s an admirable honesty in this script." - Daily Telegraph
ISBN: 9781849434881
Dimensions: 208mm x 128mm x 6mm
Weight: 120g
80 pages