The co-production between Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep will run in London from the 22 May to 21 June 2025 and Birmingham Rep from 25 June to 5 July 2025.
The full cast and creative team have now been announced for the stage adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s novel.
Adapted for the stage by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti and directed by Iqbal Khan, the cast is set to include: Tommy Belshaw as Jim/Bill, Jaz Singh Deol as Mr Bains/Arjun, Anoushka Deshmukh as Surinder, Celeste Dodwell as Claire/Mrs Flanagan, Avita Jay as Mrs Bains, Kiran Landa as Kamaljit, Omar Malik as Ranjit/Tanvir, and Irfan Shamji as Dhanda.
The Bains’ corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of the family for three generations.
Against the backdrop of a changing 20th century, Mrs Bains is balancing running the business, caring for her ailing husband and the demands of her two headstrong daughters, who each have their eye on a different kind of future.
Fast forward to the present day, a family tragedy pulls Arjan Bains back from a life in London. The shop represents everything he was trying to escape, but with his mother insisting it remain open, how long can he stay away?
The creative team involved with the production includes: Good Teeth (set and costume designer), Simeon Miller (lighting designer), Holly Khan (composer and sound designer), Anjali Mehra (movement director), Rakhee Sharma (associate movement director), Gurkiran Kaur (voice and dialect coach), Harper K Hefferon (assistant director), and Anna Wood (associate sound designer). Casting is by Jatinder Chera.
To book tickets for the London run visit: https://lyric.co.uk/shows/marriage-material/