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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
February 4, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$9 – $15
A new play by David Hare. Based on the book by Katherine Boo.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale with design from Tony Award winner Katrina Lindsay.
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he is as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a “first-class person,” while her daughter Manju intends to become the slums first female graduate.
Purchase tickets at the YCPAC Box Office, on its website at www.ycpac.com, or by calling 928-776-2000 (toll free: 877-928-4253). Tickets cost $9-$15.
