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About the Show

maatin's play exploring how racism infects a cricket team at an elite English school.

Ismail is the star and captain of his prestigious school’s cricket team. He’s got his sights set on being the youngest member of the First XI and having his name immortalised in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack - otherwise known as the bible of cricket. But at the start of the new term, the new coach Mr. Eagles takes a dislike to Ismail, and no one - including his friends, his teammates, and his parents - seems to know why. Ismail soon discovers that cricket might not be the gentlemanly game he once thought it was …

Imy Wyatt Corner directs.

Critic Reviews (5)

"The play is so entertaining yet hits hard when it needs to, is a testament to a writer, actor and director who know how to tell an engaging story and how to make a message stick. "
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" 'Duck' is a powerful and understated piece of work that proves not only the importance of telling these stories, but of allowing them to be told by the correct people with lived, authentic experience with the topics they are approaching. "
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" 'Duck' is thought-provoking and moving: the energy of the action and speech ebbs and flows to reflect the plot and the human story shines through, encapsulated as it is by the enduring and appealing character of Ismail himself. "
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"In a week when English cricket was found guilty of deep-rooted racism, an affecting tale of discrimination dismissed as banter feels particularly profound."
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" 'Duck' is a sweet and playful, but powerfully relevant piece of theatre."
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