UK tour confirmed for joint Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020 winner YOU BURY ME by Ahlam

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Paines Plough, The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, 45North, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and The Orange Tree Theatre, in association with Bristol Old Vic present Ahlam’s play You Bury Me, which will tour the UK from 24 February 2023. 

Ahlam’s YOU BURY ME is a play about sex, friendship and coming of age in post-Arab Spring Cairo and was joint winner of the inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, an award established by Ellie Keel Productions and Paines Plough. 

Directed by Paines Plough’s Joint Artistic Director Katie Posner, the production will play at Bristol Old Vic from 24 February-4 March before moving on to The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh from 7-18 March and running at the Orange Tree Theatre from 27 March-22 April, marking the first show in Tom Littler’s first season as Artistic Director at the OT. Tickets are on sale for The Royal Lyceum dates from today with other venues on sale shortly.

Writer Ahlam said: “In 2018, I had made peace with the possibility that You Bury Me might never see a stage in the UK, the fact that it will be seeing not one but three stages next year is simply incredible and I am elated to say the least. Since winning the Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2020, we’ve been developing the play to tell it in this contemporary moment; a moment in which the younger generation is inheriting a world that they did not choose and are fighting to change. It’s been a challenging and thrilling process and I cannot wait for the show to resonate with audiences across the country.”

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