Don’t miss the “impressive, intelligent, touching” production (Telegraph) from Olivier Award winner Waleed Akhtar, playing until 26 October only. Get 20% OFF the price of a ticket* for all September performances when you use code QXMAG20.
★★★★ “A funny, heartfelt and brutally honest love letter to platonic friendship”
London Theatre
A story of growing up, growing apart and falling short, this “intimate and expansive” new play is “theatrical magic” (BroadwayWorld). It “cements Waleed Akhtar’s standing as a fearless writer with oodles of talent and bravura” (The Guardian).
QX readers get a 20% discount for September performances when they enter code QXMAG20 at the checkout. Ts&Cs apply.
Audiences love The Real Ones. Watch the Audience Vox Pop:
“Some of the best acting I’ve seen”
Audience Vox Pop
As Neelam and Zaid, Nathaniel Curtis (It’s A Sin) and Mariam Haque (Black Mirror) deliver “two beautifully detailed performances” (WhatsOnStage) in this “engrossing, enjoyable play for our times” (The Arts Desk).
Best friends Zaid and Neelam swore they’d always be together. But life is turning out differently from what they expected. Zaid’s life has stalled – only half out of the closet but still chasing his dreams. Neelam’s has taken a completely different path than either of them ever expected.
More praise for The Real Ones
★★★★★ “Waleed Akhtar is a playwright of our generation” Hamza Jahanzeb
★★★★ “Electric… theatrical magic” BroadwayWorld
★★★★ “Excellent” The Arts Desk
★★★★ “A funny, heartfelt and brutally honest love letter to platonic friendship” (London Theatre)
“Bittersweet drama… beautifully observed” Time Out
“Impressive, intelligent, touching” Telegraph
The Real Ones in pictures
QX readers get a 20% discount for September performances when they enter code QXMAG20 at the checkout. Ts&Cs apply.
The Real Ones premieres extended run from 6 September – 26 October 2024 at Bush Theatre, 7 Uxbridge Road, London W12 8LJ, United Kingdom.
*Special offer: Ts&Cs Apply. Tickets are subject to availability. This offer can not be used in conjunction with any other.
All images including featured image courtesy of Bush Theatre. Credit & copyright: Helen Murray. www.helenmurrayphotos.com. @helenmurraypix
