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Two Magpies Productions presents

Duck



  • Corn Exchange Auditorium
  • 0 – 60 minutes
  • Full price £14.25  / 
  • Concessions £12.25 (including booking fees)
A man in black trousers and a white jumper poised with a cricket bat. stood infront of wicketts on a stage with blue lit background.

A gripping coming of age drama.

It’s the summer of 2005, England prepare to win the Ashes and Ismail (Smiley to his friends), a British Indian schoolboy, is about to become the youngest-ever player in his elite public school’s First XI cricket team. 

He sets his sights on immortality, breaking the school batting record and getting his name into Wisden. But things are about to heat up. 

From award-winning playwright maatin, Duck is about adolescence, the pressures of sporting competition and finding your identity in an environment that doesn’t cater for difference. 

Recipient of the Pleasance's Charlie Hartill Fund 2024.

It could not feel more topical  ★★★★ 

The Guardian

Performance time: 7.30pm

Duration: 1 hour (no interval)

Age guide: 12+

Content warning: This show contains distressing or potentially triggering themes of racism and islamophobia.

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