Bonus episode: A Broken Heart in a Warzone
Two thieves come up with an audacious plan, in one of the winning plays from the International Playwriting Award 2018. Enter the 2020 competition at bbcworldservice.com/radioplay
In an unnamed warzone, two thieves come up with an audacious plan to use bombing raids for their own ends. All is going well, until an adulterous domestic drama and a wild animal threaten their complacency.
The dark comedy A Broken Heart in a Warzone is the first play by Aziz H, a Yemeni writer. This is one of the winning plays from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition 2018. The 2020 competition is now open for entries - find out how to enter at bbcworldservice.com/radioplay
CAST:
Dalia - Sirine Saba
Rami - Paul Chahidi
Khalid - Waleed El Gardi
Ali/Old Man - Nabil Elouahabi
Hatem - Omar Malik
Samier/Presenter - Adam El Hagar
Soldier/Boy - Alexander Devrient
Producer/director: Marion Nancarrow
A co-production with The Open University
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