A new stage version of Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of the highlights of next year’s Spring/Summer season at Leeds Playhouse.
The sequel to his bestselling book, The Kite Runner, is a tale of how love can grow and sustain the human spirit even during the bleakest of times under the oppressive Taliban. It opens in Birmingham ahead of transferring to the Quarry Theatre at Leeds Playhouse from 28th May – 14th June 2025 as part of a national tour.
Directed by former Birmingham Rep and Hampstead Theatre Artistic Director Roxana Silbert, the production is set in 1992 in an Afghanistan ravaged by war. Orphaned Laila is left alone in an increasingly threatening world, but her older neighbour Rasheed is quick to open his home to take Laila as his second wife.
Rasheed’s first wife Mariam has no choice but to accept her younger, and now pregnant, rival. As the Taliban take over, life for all of them becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, and in this very pertinent adaptation by Ursula Rani Sarma the two women find themselves becoming unlikely allies.
Tickets are on sale to Leeds Playhouse’s Priority Access, Playhouse Pass Members and Under 30 Members, with tickets on general sale now.
The age guide is 14 plus. To book 0113 213 7700 or www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk
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