January 2019 — April 2019
Approaching Empty
by Ishy Din, directed by Pooja GhaiTamasha, Kiln Theatre and Live Theatre present
In a scruffy minicab office, Mansha decides it’s time to create his own destiny and offers to buy the business from his lifelong friend Raf.
As the realities of the state of the company slowly unravel, these two best friends must confront the difficulties of going into business with those closest to them.
Set in the North of England in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher’s death, APPROACHING EMPTY is the compelling drama by taxi-driver-turned-playwright Ishy Din (SNOOKERED, Best New Play at Manchester Theatre Awards) that lays bare the everyday struggles of a post-industrial generation of British men.
Dates
Kiln Theatre
London, NW609 Jan — 02 Feb
Live Theatre
Newcastle, BE106 Feb — 23 Feb
Tron Theatre
Glasgow, G105 Mar
Assembly Roxy
Edinburgh, EH808 Mar — 09 Mar
Derby Theatre
Derby, DE113 Mar — 15 Mar
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry, CV120 Mar — 23 Mar
Curve Theatre
Leicester, LE128 Mar — 30 Mar
Queen's Theatre
Hornchurch, RM1102 Apr — 06 Apr
Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Oldham, OL111 Apr — 13 Apr
Creative Team
Writer Ishy Din
“I wrote on a laptop in the cab in-between jobs.” Ishy Din sits down with The Stage
Ishy Din: Driving a taxi made me a better playwright – BBC
Ishy Din, writer of Approaching Empty, sits down with EasternEye
Director Pooja Ghai
Designer Rosa Maggiora
Lighting Designer David Plater
Composer & Sound Designer Arun Ghosh
Dramaturg Lin Coghlan
Casting Director Polly Jerrold
Costume Supervisor Sydney Florence
Voice & Dialect Coach Edda Sharpe
Fight Director Lisa Connell
Assistant Director Heather Carroll
Production Team
Production Manager Simon Evans
Company Manager Shannon Foster
CSM (on the book) Lorrell Rawlins
ASM Sarah Longson
TSM (tour) Eliza Caplitz
Re-Lighter Glyn Edwards
Cast
Kammy Darweish
Mansha
Nicholas Khan
Raf
Rina Fatania
Sameena
Nicholas Prasad
Sully
Karan Gill
Shazad
Maanuv Thiara
Tany