Marriage Material
By Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti. Based on the novel by Sathnam Sanghera. Directed by Iqbal Khan.“In our shops we will be Kings of England. And we will make this place our place.”
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 remain open, how long can he stay away?
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (A Kind of People) adapts the critically acclaimed novel from Sathnam Sanghera (Empireland), a sweeping family portrait directed by Iqbal Khan (East Is East).
Thursday 12 June: enjoy a pre-show Marriage Material themed dinner from 5pm in the Lyric studio, hosted by Outsider Tart. Tickets cost £60 and include a ticket for that evening’s performance of Marriage Material. To book, click through to the seating plan and select seats that are marked as ‘Dinner Tickets’. Check out the menu here.