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  • Venue Kiln Theatre, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 6 July 2024
  • Running time 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)

Award-winning drama English by Sanaz Toossi is playing at the Kiln Theatre, produced by the RSC.

Sanaz Toossi’s comic and deeply moving play was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and is playing a strictly-limited season at the Kiln Theatre this June.

Transferring direct from its European premiere at Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Other Place Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, English is a rich new play that explores the way language makes and unmakes us.

DUE TO DEMAND – NOW EXTENDED TO 6 JULY

English is playing at the Kiln Theatre from 5 to 6 July 2024.

‘In this room, we are native speakers. We think in English. We laugh in English. Our inhales, our exhales – we fill our lungs in English.’

A classroom in Iran. Four adult classmates grapple with learning English as a foreign language. As they attempt to perfect their accents, pronunciation and vocabulary, they realise that there is more to their lives than can ever be uttered through language.

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Who is in the cast of English?

The cast features Nadia Albina as Marjan, Sara Hazemi as Goli, Lanna Joffrey as Roya, Nojan Khazai as Omid and Serena Manteghi as Elham.

Who are the creative team of English?

Written by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Diyan Zora

Set & Costume Designer Anisha Fields, Lighting Designer Elliot Griggs, Sound Designer George Dennis, Movement Director Maria Tarokh, Casting Director Lotte Hines CDG, Voice, Text and Dialect Edda Sharpe

Important Notes

Content advice: This production features: Loud music;  Strong language; E-cigarettes

Post show Q&A: Tue 18 Jun, 7.30pm

Access Performances: Captioned performance: Thu 20 Jun, 7.30pm; Relaxed performance: Wed 26 Jun, 2.30pm; Touch Tour: Thu 27 Jun, 6pm; Audio Described performance: Thu 27 Jun, 7.30pm

Venue Information

Kiln Theatre , 269 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR

Nearest Tube or Train: Kilburn (Jubilee line) / Brondesbury rail station

Nearest Buses: 16, 32, 189, 332, 632

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Critics' reviews of English

★★★★★ "A dazzling, clever and moving show" - The Times

★★★★ "Engaging, provocative and moving" - What's On Stage

★★★★ "A whole, rich world" - The Stage

★★★★ "An elegant and aching play" - TimeOut

★★★★ "Engaging, provocative and moving" - What's On Stage

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English is playing at the Kiln Theatre in London
The running time of English is 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)
Yes, English has matinee performances on the following days: Wednesday, Saturday
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