Merchant of Vembley

Merchant of Vembley BOOK NOW: UK Premiere of fiery and wickedly funny US hit based on Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice! Set in Wembley, London in the here and now.

In Shishir Kurup’s Merchant of Wembley, Venice, Italy intersects with Wembley’s Ealing Road in a wickedly funny, wildly inventive and politically provocative re-imagining of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. A tragi-comic, raucous, dark and irreverent work based on Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice offering a bitingly South Asian perspective. Set in Wembley, London, where hatred and intolerance among Hindus and Muslims have grown to a boiling point. Using music, blank verse and present-day pop references, the play explores how the preponderance of power in one sector of a community can marginalize a minority and provoke reactionary and retributive responses. Jitendra, a Hindu actor, has fled Bollywood stardom to seek fame and fortune in Hollywood. To secure backing for his “India-Indie flick with crossover appeal” he schemes to marry a rich young heiress, Pushpa Shah, and in the process endangers the life of his best friend, Devendra, by becoming entangled with Devendra’s nemesis, Sharuk, a Muslim money-lender. Pushpa, is in love with Jitendra, but as per her father’s will, must marry only a man who can pass a multi-media test.

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Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street
London
NW88

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7:30pm - 10pm
Wednesday 7:30pm - 10pm
Thursday 7:30pm - 10pm
Friday 7:30pm - 10pm
Saturday 7:30pm - 10pm
Sunday 7:30pm - 10pm

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+442072582925

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