About DUCK

DUCK by maatin

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.

Credits:

Writer - maatin
Director - Imy Wyatt-Corner
Original Design - Maariyah Shaarjil
Original Lighting Design - Jonathan Chan
Sound Design - Holly Khan
Caption Design - Rachel Sampley

Image design - Alice Gorman
Production photographs - Isha Shah

4 Stars

It could not feel more topical

The Guardian

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