THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRE
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Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner The Guardian, Friday 17 October 2014 12.00 BST
The Infidel – The Musical, London
Kev Orkian in The Infidel – The Musical. Photograph: Tristram Kenton
Turning films into musicals is nothing new (witness the imminent
opening of Made In Dagenham) but, along with The Producers and The Book
Of Mormon, this is part of another more recent trend: marrying music
and dubious taste to religious themes. David Baddiel has penned the
book and lyrics here, with Erran Baron Cohen composing the music (so
you know that subversion is the key note). It’s the tale of Mahmoud,
an ordinary East End Muslim who discovers not only that he was adopted
but that his birth parents were Jewish, causing not a little cultural
and religious chaos. The role played by Omid Djalili on screen is
taken by Armenian comedian Kev Orkian.
Theatre Royal Stratford East, E15, to 2 Nov
MC
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