Mixed Up North

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Based on real events, Mixed Up North is a fiercely funny and moving new play about the difficulties of uniting divided racial communities in the Lancashire mill town of Burnley. Trish leads a youth theatre group for Asian and White teenagers. As she struggles to share her artistic vision with a cast who think acting is gay, the compelling stories of the young stars unfold, along with a moving history of their town. Take your seat at their final dress rehearsal... with tensions rising and mobiles ringing, will Trish bring her utopian dream to a triumphant conclusion

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Robin Soans wrote A State Affair (2000) for Out of Joint Theatre Co., which played two successful runs at Soho Theatre and was invited to be performed at the House of Lords. In 2004 he wrote The Arab Israeli Cookbook. He is also the author of Talking to Terrorists.