A British Subject
- By:
- Nichola McAuliffe, who also performs
- Management:
- Arts Theatre
- Cast:
- David Rintoul, Kulvinder Khir, Shiv Grewal
- Director:
- Hannah Eidinow
- Design:
- Christopher Richardson
- Sound:
- Tom Lishman
- Lighting:
- Mark Jonathan
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Search Amazon for A British Subject items Search for tickets at TicketmasterAll credit to the Arts Theatre for tackling the kind of politically charged subject matter more usually associated with the Fringe than the West End. Writer/performer Nichola McAuliffe's dramatisation of her Daily Mirror journalist husband Don Mackay's fight for the freedom of a British man on death row in Pakistan - first produced for the Pleasance at the Edinburgh festival - is a far cry from some of the escapist froth you can see only a few blocks away. Yet blessed with a sense of humour as well as a sense of purpose, scenes between McAuliffe (who plays herself) and her husband often have more in common with a domestic marital comedy than a po-faced human rights drama. While the crusading duo's good-natured banter can feel overly scripted, it is warmly conveyed and contains some great lines...
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