‘In this room, we are native speakers. We think in English. We laugh in English. Our inhales, our exhales - we fill our lungs in English.’
A classroom in Iran. Four adult classmates grapple with learning English as a foreign language. As they attempt to perfect their accents, pronunciation and vocabulary, they realise that there is more to their lives than can ever be uttered through language.
This comic and deeply moving play by Sanaz Toossi won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023. This is its European premiere.
Director Diyan Zora's recent work includes Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? (Chichester) and Tom Fool (Orange Tree Theatre).
English is presented in association with Kiln Theatre, London, playing there until 6 July.
For more information about themes and contents of this play, please see our
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New Work at the RSC is generously supported by Hawthornden Foundation and The Drue and H.J. Heinz II Charitable Trust
English at Kiln Theatre is supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts: a donor advised fund held at The London Community Foundation
