1001 Nights at The Soho Theatre

A THOUSAND & ONE NIGHTS, by Chirine El Ansary

Egyptian performance storyteller, Chirine El Ansary, returns to the UK to bring some of the most deliciously seductive and intriguing episodes from the Arabian Nights to the Soho Theatre, in an intensely rich and playful performance.

When the king of Persia discovers his wife’s adultery, he has her executed. Filled with rage and bitterness, he vows vengeance on all women-kind. Each day he takes a new virgin bride, and each night he executes her – until that is, he marries Scheherazade - who, for 1001 nights saves herself from being beheaded by telling, but not finishing a story...

One of the great cultural creations of the Arab world - Scheherazade’s stories are spiritual, magical, comedic, and erotic by turn; exploring the deepest passions and desires of men and women. As Chirine herself once said, serious fun and serious joy are both necessary for art to happen…this show is something rare and precious, and not to be missed…

‘Chirine lives, like all good storytellers, on the bridge between reality and the world of the story’ Cairo Times

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