We’re pleased to share the cast joining our 2024 Made at Curve spring tour of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette, supported by the National Theatre as part of its Theatre Nation Partnerships initiative.

Gordon Warnecke, who played Omar in Stephen Frear’s Oscar-nominated 1985 film of the same name, returns to the drama as Omar’s wise but world-weary Papa.

Lucca Chadwick-Patel (Millennials, The Other Palace) will play Omar, while Sam Mitchell (To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre) will play Omar’s fascist former school-friend, Johnny.

Originally staged at Curve in 2019, the 2024 tour will see the return of Kammy Darweish (Linck & Mulhahn, Hampstead Theatre) as Omar’s enterprising Thatcherite uncle Nasser, Paddy Daly (New Blood, BBC One) as right-wing thug Genghis and Hareet Deol (Ackley Bridge, Channel 4) will reprise his WhatsOnStage Award nominated performance as Salim, Nasser’s right-hand man.

Completing the company are Emma Bown (The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York’s Theatre), playing the roles of Nasser’s lover, Rachel, and skinhead, Moose, and Sharan Phull (Pink Sari Revolution, The Importance of Being Earnest, Scrooge the Musical, all at Curve) as Nasser’s daughter, Tania.

The tour begins at Curve 17 – 24 February, with a press night taking place on Wednesday 21 February at 7pm. The show will then visit Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Theatre Royal Wakefield, The Lowry in Salford, the Liverpool Playhouse and the Blackpool Grand.