A Thousand Splendid Suns

The European stage première of Khaled Hosseini's spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner.

In 1992 in an Afghanistan ravaged by war, an orphaned Laila is left alone in an increasingly threatening world. Her older neighbour Rasheed is quick to open his home and takes Laila as his second wife.

Rasheed's first wife Mariam has no choice but to accept her younger, and now pregnant, rival. As the Taliban take over, life for all of them becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, and the two women find themselves unlikely allies.

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, love grows and sustains the human spirit even during the hardest of times.

Creatives

Director Roxana Silbert
Designer Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Lighting Designer Simon Bond
Composer Mahmood Kamen
Co-Composer and Sound Designer Dave Price
Movement Director Lucy Cullingford
Fight Director Terry King
Magic Consultant Ben Hart
Voice Director Stephen Kemble
Associate Director Madeleine Kludje
JMK Assistant Director William Ashford
Casting Director Gabrielle Dawes

Try our themed pre-show dish of pilau with lamb or vegetables in Marmalade. Book at the same time as your tickets.

Backstage Tour
Why not make a day of it? Discover the secrets and history of the venue with a Backstage Tour. Available on 11 or 18 May, 11am. Find out more here. 

UK Tour Dates

22-25 May
Hackney Empire
hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424

30 May - 15 Jun
Northern Stage, Newcastle
www.northernstage.co.uk
0191 230 5151

25 Jun - 6 Jul
Nuffield Southampton Theatres
www.nstheatres.co.uk
023 8067 1771