The critically acclaimed True Brits, written by Vinay Patel and directed by Tanith Lindon, will headline the VAULT Festival 2015 after two sold out preview performances at the Bush’s Radar Festival. A presentation by Rich Mason Productions and the HighTide Festival Theatre, True Brits is Patel’s debut play. When a violent encounter leads to a whirlwind romance, young Rahul is more than willing to be caught up. But in the aftermath of 7/7, his world changes in ways he cannot control, drawing him into ever-darker places as he struggles to remain part of a British society that now distrusts him on sight. The play sweeps between the paranoid London of 2005 and the euphoric city at the heart of the 2012 Olympics. “I did Google it though, there were only two Asians in Team GB. Out of 542 athletes. And one of them was called “Neil Taylor”. Does that count?” True Brits is a play about being British of Asian descent; a coming of age tale about falling in love and finding a place in a society that distrusts you, simply for looking different.
Date: 4-22 February 2015
Venue: The Vaults, Leake St, London SE1 7NN
Time: 7.45pm (matinees – 3.15pm)
Price: £13.50
Website: www.vaultfestival.com/