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UK Tour, Brixton House, Harlow Playhouse, Mercury Theatre, New Wolsey Theatre, 2022
Writer – Waleed Akhtar
Director – Anna Himali Howard
Set, Costume and Graphic Designer – Shankho Chaudhuri
Sound Designer – Anna Clock
Lighting Designer – Rajiv Pattani
Video Designer – Gino Green
Choreographer – Yami Löfvenberg
Assistant Director – Neetu Singh
Costume Supervisor – Olivia Ward
Deputy Stage Manager – Ruby Sevink-Johnston
Stage Manager – Sophie Slater
Photography – Toyin Dawudu
With Arian Nik, Shala Nyx
A debut play by Olivier-Award-winning playwright Waleed Akhtar.
Inspired by a true story of Afghanistan’s first youth music TV programme, Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan explores the devastating effects as two young friends take on the political landscape while trying to build a new Afghanistan. Kabul Goes Pop brings us into a world post the US invasion that is complex, contradictory, and shocking – all to a soundtrack of early 00 pop!