My Beautiful Laundrette (play)

My Beautiful Laundrette
Written by	Hanif Kureishi
Based on	My Beautiful Laundrette Hanif Kureishi
Music by	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Date premiered	20 September 2019
Place premiered	Curve, Leicester
Original language	English
Setting	London

My Beautiful Laundrette is a play by Hanif Kureishi adapted from his screenplay for the 1985 film of the same name. The film was highly successful and became internationally known.

Production history

The play premiered at the Curve in Leicester from 20 September to 5 October 2019 before touring to Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (8 to 12 October), Leeds Playhouse (15 to 26 October), Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (29 October to 2 November) and Birmingham Repertory Theatre (5 to 9 November). The play was directed by Nikolai Foster and featured original music by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys.^[1]

On 28 August 2020, Curve announced it would release an archive recording of the dress rehearsal of the production to play on its website from 2 September until the theatre could re-open, based on conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time major institutions were shut down.^[2]

The play returned to the Curve from 17 to 24 February 2024 before touring to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (28 February to 9 March) and The Lowry, Salford (19 to 23 March).

Cast and characters

Character	UK tour[3]
	2019
Bilquis / Moose	Balvinder Sopal
Rachel / Cheery	Cathy Tyson
Papa / Zaki	Gordon Warnecke
Salim	Hareet Deol
Johnny	Jonny Fines
Nasser	Kammy Darweish
Tania	Nicole Jebeli
Omar	Omar Malik
Genghis / Dick O'Donnell	Paddy Daly

References

1. "My Beautiful Laundrette Tour announced". British Theatre. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
2. "Curve Theatre / Curve to release archive recording of Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette". Curve Theatre / Curve to release archive recording of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
3. "Curve Theatre / My Beautiful Laundrette". Curve Theatre / My Beautiful Laundrette. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.