{"product_id":"east-is-east-1","title":"East is East","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe play that gave birth to the smash-hit film - a wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe six Khan children, entangled in arranged marriages and bell-bottoms, are trying to find their way growing up in 1970s Salford. They are all caught between their Pakistani father's insistence on Asian traditions, their English mother's laissez-faire attitude, and their own wish to become citizens of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAyub Khan Din's play \u003cem\u003eEast is East\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed at Birmingham Repertory Studio Theatre in October 1996 in a co-production by Tamasha Theatre Company, the Royal Court Theatre Company and Birmingham Repertory Company, before transferring to the Royal Court, London. It was later adapted into a feature film, with a screenplay by the author, that became one of the most successful British films ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEast is East\u003c\/em\u003e won the John Whiting Award in 1996 and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248701067608,"sku":"9781854593139","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781854593139_8ea94c42-6d66-45b2-ab85-553532ff1fb4.jpg?v=1777851025","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/east-is-east-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}