Small Scale Tour (Paperback)

Ham (his mother was a fan of Noah) is a resting actor, currently working in Afghan exile Mr Khan's corner shop. His latest project is a TV script based on an autobiographical turning point. Extracts from this script are interspersed with Ham's narrative memories of the time and contemporary dialogue with his employer. Ham is resting if that s what you can call 12-hour shifts in Najib Khan s corner shop. The acting work has dried up, but the shelf stacking and wagging of chins with his eccentric Afghan employer is proving fertile ground for his latest project. Prompted by a desire to make his fortune at last, Ham turns to scriptwriting and finds himself confronting the time, 30 years ago, when it all went wrong. Love, lust, jealousy and death they re all here in Kicking Theatre s bloodiest production."