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“A TOUR DE FORCE”
– Montreal Gazette

Does high school feel like a minefield of unspoken rules? Follow Naz as she navigates the chaotic world of her suburban school where cultures clash, and fitting in can come at a serious price. From award-winning playwright and actor Anita Majumdar, this powerful coming-of-age piece fuses theatre and classical Indian dance as it takes you into the messy realities of privilege, power, and consent. Get ready for raw honesty and a mesmerizing performance – all set to a soundtrack that blends Bollywood bangers and classical Indian music with hip-hop beats. This fearless production will leave you thinking long after the lights go down.

Dora Mavor Moore Award Winner for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance (YPT and Nightswimming, 2020)

“A TOUR DE FORCE… Dazzling Indian dance with snarky, profane, sometimes hilarious monologues.”
— Montreal Gazette

“An EXCITING and SCARILY TRUE tale… I don’t think I’ve ever seen such pent-up anger on the stage of Young People’s Theatre. It’s totally appropriate and dramatically real.”
— Jon Kaplan, Now Toronto

“TERRIFIC PLAY and PERFORMANCE. And IMPORTANT.”
— The Slotkin Letter

“THOUGHTFUL and precisely deployed.”
— Mooney on Theatre

“BRIGHT, BOLD THEATRE that tackles timely issues.”
— Cult MTL

Content Advisory
This play is about the complex and often confusing world of teenage friendships and romantic relationships. The multiple characters portrayed by Anita Majumdar reflect the experiences of a South Asian-Canadian girl trying desperately to fit in with her peers in a predominately white society in Port Moody, British Columbia. The characters speak in authentic teenage voices, using coarse language including swearing as well as sexually explicit terminology. In the course of the story a character recounts a sexual assault perpetrated by a popular boy.