Actors Touring Company and Orange Tree Theatre, in association with Theatre Royal Plymouth presents

Rice

Nisha is a young hotshot executive working for Golden Fields, Australia’s largest producer of rice. Ambitious and headstrong, she’s determined to become the first female Indian CEO in Australia.

She’s close to sealing a contract with the Indian government, which would see her company take over India’s national rice distribution system.

A secret deal worth billions.

Working late nights in the office she encounters Yvette, an older Chinese migrant, who cleans up her mess.

Yvette has her own entrepreneurial ambitions, but her daughter faces court after participating in a protest against the unethical practices of a national supermarket chain.

The two form a powerful – if unlikely – bond as they navigate the complexities of their lives and the world at large.

“A heady broth of gender, generation and globalisation” Australian Stage.

Brimming with wickedly humorous observations on globalisation, politics and family, this is the UK premiere of a powerful new play from Asian-Australian writer Michele Lee, which has won numerous awards including the Australian Writers’ Guild Award for Best Original Stage Play.

“A play that feels both ambitious and necessary” – The Stage

Do see this work of understated virtuosity, rich in character, substance, a shape-shifting singularity Fringe Review 

A wickedly funny and surprisingly touching take on race, class and environmentalism East by South East

Directed by Matthew Xia
Designed by Hyemi Shin
Lighting Designed by Bethany Gupwell
Sound Designed by Lex Kosanke
Movement Direction by Asha Jennings-Grant
Casting Consultant – Sophie Parrott

 

Duration:
1 hour and 35 minutes

Running time: 95mins (no interval)

This production does contain vaping on stage & discussions of race and migration

Tickets: £12.50 (£10.50 concessions).

On sale Mon 22 Nov.