The Funeral Director
Paperback, 96 pages ISBN: 9781848427969Publication Date:
1 Nov 2018
Size: 198mm x 129mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook, 96 pages ISBN: 9781788501248Publication Date:
1 Nov 2018
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
First Staged:
Southwark Playhouse, London, 2018

The Funeral Director

By Iman Qureshi

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  • Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize - 2018

Life as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isn't always easy, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage, a business, a future.

Until Tom walks in to organise his boyfriend's funeral. A snap moral decision, informed by the values of Ayesha's community and faith, has profound consequences.

Forced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself, Ayesha must decide who she is – no matter the cost.

Iman Qureshi's play The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in October 2018.

‘I just thought it would be a secret I’d have to die with. And now – I think it’ll be what kills me.’

Press Quotes

'Very clever… plenty of moral meat to sink your teeth into'

Time Out

'A bit of a cracker... Iman Qureshi's play tackles, with grace and dignity, the tricky subject of Islamic attitudes to same-sex relationships. It's a play that makes a humane point without lapsing into preachiness'

Guardian

'A sensitive and nuanced exploration of sexuality and the Islamic faith... elegantly drawn'

The Stage
Paperback,96 pages ISBN: 9781848427969Publication Date:
1 Nov 2018
Size: 198mm x 129mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook,96 pages ISBN: 9781788501248Publication Date:
1 Nov 2018
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)

Also by Iman Qureshi:

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs

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