They say you can´t choose your family … Sometimes it´s the only choice that matters.
The lives of a Man, a Boy and a Woman from different worlds and realities become intertwined over the one thing they have in common – loss. Can they find a sense of community again after having lost everything?
On a bus from an unnamed country, an unlikely friendship forms between a young unaccompanied boy and an older man; both escaping their past. Looking for a new life in a big city, their paths cross with that of a young woman attempting to deal with her own trauma. Over the course of a poignant, charming and witty 70 minutes, The Boy explores identity, belonging, resilience and the boundless power of human connection.
The Boy is a new play by Joakim Daun that tackles themes of migration, loss and the meaning of family in a unique, heartwarming and sensitive way. It was developed through a research & development process together with a group of diverse theatre makers from migrant and British minority backgrounds.
Internationally recognised Fake Escape are the producers of the WhatsOnStage Award nominated UK and Off-Broadway hit Saving Britney. Joakim Daun is a multilingual migrant writer and theatremaker based in London, creating thought-provoking and intercultural work from the perspective of the individual as well as the collective.
Directed by Maria Jose Andrade
Produced by Fake Escape
Cast: Jerome Ngonadi (Pennyworth, Channel 4’s Hullraisers, Three Sisters – National Theatre), Shereen Roushbaiani (Saving Britney – UK Tour and Off-Broadway, BBC’s Doctors), and East 15 2023 graduate Eve von Elgg.
