The Bains’ corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of the family for three generations.
Against the backdrop of a changing 20th century, Mrs Bains is balancing running the business, caring for her ailing husband and the demands of her two headstrong daughters, who each have their eye on a different kind of future.
Fast forward to the present day, a family tragedy pulls Arjan Bains back from a life in London. The shop represents everything he was trying to escape, but with his mother insisting it remains open, how long can he stay away?
Cast
Jim/Bill/Tommy Tommy Belshaw
Surinder Anoushka Deshmukh
Mr Bains/Arjan Jaz Singh Deol
Claire/Miss Flanagan/Reporter Celeste Dodwell
Mrs Bains Avita Jay
Kamaljit Kiran Landa
Ranjit/Tanvir Omar Malik
Dhanda Irfan Shamji
Creatives
Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Adapted from the book by Sathnam Sanghera
Directed by Iqbal Khan
Set and Costume Design by Good Teeth
Lighting Design by Simeon Miller
Composition and Sound Design by Holly Khan
Movement Direction by Anjali Mehra
Casting by Jatinder Chera
Associate Sound Design by Anna Wood
Associate Movement Direction by Rakhee Sharma
Voice and Dialect Coach Gurkiran Kaur
Fight & Intimacy Direction by Dani Mac
Assistant Director Harper K. Hefferon
Company Stage Manager Claire Bryan
Deputy Stage Manager Georgia Rose
Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Back
Assistant Stage Manager Jack Bond
Production Manager Lil Dickson
Wigs, Hair and Makeup Supervisor Sophia Khan
Wigs, Hair and Makeup Head of Department Christina Semertzaki
Lighting Programmer Dan Miller
Lighting Operator Alistair Warr
Sound Operator Scott Bradley/Dan Ronayne
Fly person Tom McCreadie/Will Collins
Stage Crew Charlotte Gregory
Wardrobe Assistant Lola Kezunovic
Costume Consultant Meghana Shah
Costume Supervision and Making by Lyric Costume Department
Turbans by Sukhvinder Singh Bamrah
Set built by Liverpool Scenic Workshop
Other set items built by Lyric Workshop, Birmingham Rep Workshop and Visual Scene
Lighting equipment supplied by White Light
A Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep co-production.
