Explores the contradictions of growing up female and Muslim in West London. A comic story of dreams, aspirations and coming of age. Useful to promote discussion of personal identity and cultural values. Suitable for schools, colleges and youth theatres to perform.
"You've heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl and now there is a Hounslow Girl, geared up and ready to take on the world. The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the eyes of a 16-year-old British Muslim teenager growing up in West London.
From traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus this is a funny, bold, provocative play highlighting the challenges of being brought up as a young woman from a traditional Muslim family alongside the temptations and influences growing up in London.
First, there was Bridget Jones's Diary, then Legally Blonde, but now there is The Diary of a Hounslow Girl geared up to take on the world.
A comic story of dreams, aspirations and coming of age.
