Review: The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes at the Arcola Theatre

The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes
Arcola Theatre
Reviewed on Tuesday 29th July 2014
★★★

A piece of theatre about identity and immigration, The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes is a relevant new play centring around Iraqi refugee Salim (Nabil Elouahabi) who flees persecution in Baghdad to begin a new life. He marries a British woman and attempts to settle into day to day life as a British man, but is severely haunted by his past.

Full casting announced for Arcola Theatre's The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes

Full casting has been announced for The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes.

The cast includes: Caroline Langrishe (Lydia King), Sara Bahadori (Case Worker/Sahar Husain) and Selva Rasalingam (Kevin/Khaled Al Hamrani). They join the previously announced: Nabil Elouahabi (Carlos Fuentes).

The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes opens at the Arcola Theatre on Tuesday 29th July (previews from 23rd July) and runs until Saturday 16th August 2014.

Rashid Razaq’s new play is based on an award-winning short story by Hassan Blasim. It is directed by Nicolas Kent, who was Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre from 1984-2012. Designs are by Ellan Parry, lighting by Matt Eagland and sound by Andy Graham.