As they excavate the past and measure their own lives against T’s, secrets are revealed and allegiances shift as quickly as the drinks are downed. Can they put to rest their guilt over T’s untimely death? Will their friendship survive the final betrayal?

 

In a volatile political climate, Ishy Din opens a timely window into a strand of British Muslim life that often remains unseen. Snookered probes into the lives of these young men and their fragile masculinity, burdened by cultural expectations yet charged with personal dreams.

 

Ishy’s ear for sparky dialogue was the catalyst for this play which first emerged when he took part in Tamasha New Writing in 2008.  Snookered was further developed by Tamasha and performed as a work-in-progress at the Gate Theatre as part of Propeller in 2010.      

                     

Produced in association with Oldham Coliseum Theatre and the Bush Theatre.           

 

by Ishy Din, directed by Iqbal Khan

 

28 Feb - 24 Mar 2012 at the Bush Theatre