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Struggles with identity problems
GORDON PARSONS highly recommends a delightful production of the classic novel that emanates a sense of warmth and love

The Buddha of Suburbia
The Swan Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon

 

ADAPTING any novel for the stage creates problems but Hanif Kureishi’s first kaleidoscopic novel with its range of characters, almost Dickensian in their idiosyncrasies, and profusion of incidents, poses any director a challenge.

Fortunately Emma Rice, of Knee High and Wise Children fame, is well up to the task.

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