The upcoming co-production by Lyric Hammersmith and Birmingham Rep, adapted for the stage by Gurpreeet Kaur Bhatti, opens in London next month.
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Cast for Marriage Material includes Tommy Belshaw (The Buddha of Suburbia, Barbican Theatre) as Jim/Bill, Jaz Singh Deol (Toxic Town, Netflix) as Mr Bains/Arjun, Anoushka Deshmukh (If It Didn't Matter, National Youth Theatre) as Surinder, Celeste Dodwell (Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre) as Claire/Mrs Flanagan, Avita Jay (Expendable, Royal Court) as Mrs Bains, Kiran Landa (Grace, ITV) as Kamaljit, Omar Malik (Abigail's Party, Theatre Royal Stratford East) as Ranjit/Tanvir, Irfan Shamji (The Cord, Bush Theatre) as Dhanda. Casting is by Jatinder Chera.
The full creative team for the production includes Set and Costume Designer Good Teeth, Lighting Designer Simeon Miller, Composer and Sound Designer Holly Khan, Movement Director Anjali Mehra, Associate Movement Director Rakhee Sharma, Voice and Dialect Coach Gurkiran Kaur, Assistant Director Harper K Hefferon and Associate Sound Designer Anna Wood.
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Sathnam Sanghera, the story is set against the backdrop of a changing 20th century. Marriage Material centres on the Bains' corner shop in Wolverhampton. It's been in their family for three generations, and Mrs Bains is balancing the business, caring for her ailing husband and the demands of her two daughters, who each have a different kind of future they're heading towards.
Fast forward to the present day, a family tragedy pulls Arjan Bains back from a life in London. Audiences will experience a deeply relatable story of love, secrets, and the ties that bind us.
Marriage Material will play at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre from 22 May - 21 June 2025.
