I Wanna Be Yours

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Event I Wanna Be Yours
Venue Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank, VIC
First Date 11 May 2023
Last Date 27 May 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The widely acclaimed debut play from London Laureate and poetry slam champion Zia Ahmed, I Wanna Be Yours, is a modern-day romance that asks whether love really is all you need.
Haseeb and Ella meet at a performance workshop. From opposite sides of the Thames, he’s a poet and she’s an actor hired to help him with his enunciation. Their attraction is immediate. They start dating, get serious and fall in love. Soon there is each other’s family and friends to navigate, and then big questions about the future – moving in together, marriage, children. Does it matter that Haseeb is British–Pakistani and Ella’s a white girl from Yorkshire? Can their love surpass the cultural and physical boundaries between them?
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Poetry
Theatre in Education
Spoken Word
Subjects Intercultural
Love
Racism
Relationships
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Eleanor Barkla Actor Ella
Oz Malik Actor Haseeb
Brittany Stock Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
Janine Snape Casting Director Casting Director
Gurkiran Kaur Dialect Coach Dialect Coach (UK)
Tasnim Hossain Director Director
Isabella Vadiveloo Intimacy Coordinator Intimacy Coordinator
Rachel Lee Lighting Designer Lighting Designer
Jonathan Homsey Movement Director Movement Consultant
Zia Ahmed Playwright Writer
Kat Chan Production Designer Set & Costume Designer
Mufeez Al Haq Sound Designer Composer & Sound Designer
Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly Stage Manager Stage Manager
Geraldine Cook-Dafner Voice Coach Voice & Dialect Coach
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Production Company
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 170814