THE COBBLED STREETS OF GENEVA

a. A queer British-Muslim romantic comedy. Adham is a silent and brooding middle-aged tragedy, standing outside a Mosque in North London. Waiting. It’s raining. Tea, an umbrella, and friendship arrive.

Two years later Adham’s boss invites him on holiday to “set him up”. Panic-stricken and wanting to bat away her advances he fabricates a husband, but when the plan backfires he’s got to convince someone to act the part... Who best but his Imam and absolutely platonic friend Raushan? The rest is what you’d expect: a call to adventure in the Alps, a quarrel, and a sweet queer love story that ends in gardening gloves. Nemo Martin’s [The Cobbled Streets of Geneva] is a warm queer romantic comedy about how role-playing new lives might bring us closer to who we really are.

Performance venue

• VAULT Festival Cage 11 - 16 February 2020

Director's notes

Coming soon.

Creative team

• Writer: Nemo Martin
• Director: Jo Tyabji
• Sound Design: Mwen
• Lighting Design: Will Alder
• Photos: Lou Mulcahy

Cast

• Ashley Alymann: Adham
• Shiraz Khan: Raushan