The Suicide

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I used to work in PR, if youre going to kill yourself lets make it an event . . . You can own this, Sam. For the first time in your life you. Could be. In charge. Things are getting tough for Sam. No job, benefits stopped and stuck in a tiny flat with his girlfriend Maya and her mum. The pressure is building. It feels like there might be only one way out. But every ending is a beginning and there are plenty of people keen to capitalise on Sams momentous decision. From corrupt local politicians to kids trying to raise the number of views of their online videos, everyone wants a piece of Sams demise. It scarcely matters what Sam actually wants. Faced with the promise of immortality, whats his life worth Suhayla El-Bushra takes the satiric masterpiece by Nikolai Erdman and smashes it into contemporary urban Britain. Its provocative, fast-paced and very funny.

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What El-Bushra gets across brilliantly is the self delusion of a capitalist society ... [her] script creates brilliant ambiguities and alternatives. Exeunt

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Suhayla El-Bushra is a playwright and screenwriter. In 2015 she was writer in residency at the National Theatre Studio. Her film/TV credits include Hollyoaks, feature screenplays, childrens drama and several scripts for Doctors. Suhayla developed an original screenplay, Left Luggage as part of the Guiding Lights scheme where her mentor was Christopher Hampton. Suhaylas stage work includes Pigeons which was produced as part of the Royal Courts Open Court season in 2013 and on a subsequent tour, Cuckoo (Unicorn Theatre, 2014) and The Kilburn Passion (Tricycle, 2014 two runs). Her play The Suicide, an adaptation of the play by Nikolai Erdman, opened in April 2016 at the National Theatres Lyttleton Theatre.