Review: Multitudes at the Tricycle Theatre

Multitudes

Tricycle Theatre

Reviewed on Tuesday 24th February 2015

★★★

In a world of UKIP and media bombardment of the 'Muslim threat', Multitudes comes at the perfect time to make comment, but I am not sure what that comment is meant to be.

John Hollingworth's debut full length play focuses on a fictional Conservative Party conference held in Labour dominant Bradford, in what seems to be the not too distant future. Kash, a liberal British Muslim prepares his address to politicians on the state of the nation as his angst-filled teenage daughter Qadira plans a radical intervention, culminating in the inevitable second act scene of disastrous consequences. The centring on one family, which also includes a recent Islamic convert girlfriend and her outspoken Nigel Farrage-esque, flag waving mother, is a clever device to focus an enormous subject into a relatable language.