Octagon theatre, BoltonShamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley's 'East meets Wigan' drama is at its best on the subject of cars and women's independence You would expect the most interesting characters in a culture-clash comedy described as "East meets Wigan" to be one of the two leads. It would be Ashraf, the Egyptian-Muslim taxi driver, trying to uphold tradition in the manner of Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge or …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM on April 27, 2022