See it if You love drama that challenges perceptions and is funny yet moving
Don't see it if You are expecting a big set
See it if You want to know about the difficulties gay asylum seekers face in dealing with the bureaucracy of the Home Office.
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"If this is a slightly scrappy drama, it bewitches with hope, romance and heart."
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"'The P Word' gives you what you want as well as telling you what you don’t already know."
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"Plays like this are rare, and this story deserves to have a wide audience fall in love alongside its awkwardly blossoming protagonists. "
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" 'The P Word' is excellent in its writing, staging and acting. It is genuinely urgent and moving in its depiction of the positive side of Pakistani heritage and in its advocacy of change through human connection. Among the other P words, my favourite is P for pleasure."
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"It’s a powerful finale to a play that gives voice to the real people behind the news headlines."
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"The script feels slightly unfocused, prone to overreaching: there are points which tantalise...There's an end that gestures out beyond this story towards the even grimmer reality of deported asylum seekers which feels a little needlessly defensive, only as it's so unfortunately rushed."
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