Flight: One Man’s Journey – The Squad House, Bredbury
Flight: One Man’s Journey is a one act, one man show performing at The Squad House in Bredbury as part of Greater Manchester Fringe. It is the story of Maneek, a boy raised initially in a village, surrounded by people he knows and dreams of tigers. Despite his fear of the beasts, he is happy. When his strict policeman father moves them to a city, his life changes. His mother has an affair, and his father throws them both out. He and his mother end up in the slums. However, he plans and manages his escape by gaining a visa to study abroad. It’s not smooth going. Through his life Maneek experiences hardships and struggles with a sense of cultural displacement, but he survives, marries a girl from his home country and ends up working and settling happily in...