homing birds
by Rukhsana Ahmad
Autumn 2019
Plymouth | Salisbury | Hornchurch | Leicester | London
by Rukhsana Ahmad
Young Afghan refugee Saeed desperately wants to reconnect with his roots and find his long-lost sister. So he leaves his adoptive family in London and returns home to Kabul to work as a doctor, eager to help rebuild a new Afghanistan. But here past and present collide and Saeed must face up to the reality of his changed world.
This moving and thought-provoking play asks if a place can ever be home without a connection to familial roots.
Cast
Suzanne Ahmet as Rabbia
Mona Khalili as Nazneen
John O’Mahony as Michael
Jay Varsani as Saeed
Production
Writer — Rukhsana Ahmad
Director — Helena Bell
Designer — Helen Coyston
Lighting Designer —Tanya Joelle Stephenson
Sound Designer — Dinah Mullen
Dramaturg — Suzanne Bell
Associate Director — Sita Thomas
Production Manager — Alex Ralls
Company Stage Manager (Tour) — Jessica Thanki
Stage Manager (London) — Amy-Marie Field
Assistant Stage Manager — Chris Grogan
Publicist — Nancy Poole
Marketing Manager — Rasheed Rahman
Audience Development — Hardish Virk
Photo by Robert Day
Photo by Robert Day — Jay Varsani as Saeed and John O’Mahony as Michael
Photo by Robert Day — Jay Varsani as Saeed and Mona Khalili as Nazneen
Photo by Robert Day — Jay Varsani as Saeed and Suzanne Ahmet as Rabbia
Photo by Robert Day — John O’Mahony as Michael
Photo by Robert Day — Mona Khalili as Nazneen and Jay Varsani as Saeed
Photo by Robert Day — Mona Khalili as Nazneen
Photo by Robert Day — Suzanne Ahmet as Rabbia