BACKSTAGE TEAM
PRODUCTION TEAM
COMPANY MANAGER ERIC LUMSDEN, SUZANNE BOURKE, PIP HOROBIN
STAGE MANAGER JONI CARTER, SUZI BLAKEY
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER SURENEE SOMCHIT, KATE FOSTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER CHLOE JONES
CASTING DIRECTOR MATTHEW DEWSBURY CDG
ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER HELEN JOHNSON
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER VICTORIA BRENNAN
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER ANKUR BAHL
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS SIMON BAKER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER POPPY KEELING
PRODUCER MONICA BAKIR
ASSISTANT PRODUCER RHYS BUGLER
PRODUCERS CONRAD LYNCH,BEN TYREMAN
PRODUCTION MANAGER SAM PATERSON
COSTUME SUPERVISOR ZARAH MEHERALI
PROPS SUPERVISOR KATRINA STEWART
WIGS HAIR & MAKE-UP SUPERVISOR GEORGINA GABBIE, SANDRA SMITH
SPECIALISED SENIOR WIGS JOANNE QUACH
SENIOR WIGS HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST LILIAN MARGRET KOMOR
FIRST ASISSTANT WIGS, HAIR AND MAKE-UP ARTISTS EMILY BOBCZENOK, GEMMA SATTERTHWAITE, CHARLOTTE VEASEY
SENIOR WARDROBE TECHNICIAN WENDY PHILLIPS, REBECCA REES
WARDROBE TECHNICIAN GRADE 1 EMILY ANNEGARN
WARDROBE TECHNICIANS GRADE 2 ALEX PAPACHRISTOU-COX, CONNIE PRICE, NOZOMI SHIBA
WARDROBE TECHNICIAN GRADE 3 LAMISA SIDDIQUE BOWMAN
PRODUCTION LIGHTING TECHNICIAN MATTHEW COOMBES
LIGHTING PROGRAMMER ELLIOT SMITH, KIARAN KESBY
LIGHTING TECHNICIAN HARRY LATHAM, GRAHAM CUTTING, ADAM KILLEY, MATT NELSON
PRODUCTION SOUND MIKE JEWIT, SAM PALMER-KAY, STEVE ATKINSON
SOUND OPERATOR TESS DACRE, SARAH BERRYMAN
RADIO MIC TECHNICIAN ALICE BOXER, CHARLOTTE JAMES
SENIOR STAGE AND PROPS TECHNICIANS CRAIG ALMOND, ANDREW BARNES, HARRY OLIVER, KEVIN WIMPERIS
PRODUCTION VIDEO CHARLIE SIMPSON, JIMMY O'SHEA, OLI QUINTRELL, JON RYAN
AUDIO DESCRIBERS GETHYN EDWARDS, EMILY MAGDIJ
CAPTIONER STEFANIE BELL
INTEGRATED BSL INTERPRETER CLARE EDWARDS
CREATIVE BSL CONSULTANT NADEEM ISLAM
REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE TANNER
COMPANY
The Buddha of Suburbia
Photo by Steve Tanner
OPENING VENUE:
RSC Swan Theatre
ORIGINALLY CREATED IN
2024
CO-PRODUCERS
A Wise Children and RSC Co-production
INFORMATION
This production won Emma the Best Director award at the 2025 Whats On Stage Awards.
The music featured in the punk club scene was from real life Bristol based band - Witch Hook. You can stream the single here.
TOUR DATES
RSC's Swan Theatre
Barbican Theatre
"My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred. Almost."
South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17 year-old Karim’s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he
navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham.
Hanif Kureishi and Emma Rice adapt Kureishi’s award-winning 1990 novel, which was later turned into an acclaimed TV series. On stage it becomes an irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex,
theatre and, ultimately, belonging.
