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Kidnap
Samia Rida writes and stars in a deeply personal yet darkly comic look based on the true local story of her kidnap to Saudi Arabia as a child by her father.
‘He is from there, he didn’t just throw a dart at a board’.
1980 and Samia and her siblings have been taken from the family home in Chiswick to Saudi Arabia by their father. However, after failing to return after an access visit, a high court judge orders Samia’s fathers arrest and a nationwide air and sea port watch is put in place.
Kidnap by Samia Rida outlines the details leading up to the event and is a darkly comic monologue on multiculturalism, disability, trauma, mental health and how kidnap can involve a swimming pool.
Samia is a London-born screenwriter of Saudi/Welsh heritage who has been selected in recent years for both the WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme and the BBC Writersroom London Voices group. Her writing and performing often explores her complex heritage and mines, to darkly comic effect, autobiographical material. She has been mentored as an actor/writer by comedy producer Gareth Edwards, with whom she has also developed scripts; and recent work has been optioned by Fulwell 73 and Vox Pictures.
Kidnap by Samia Rida plays two performances at the Tabard this October. Don’t miss your chance to hear this fascinating local story.
‘He is from there, he didn’t just throw a dart at a board’.
1980 and Samia and her siblings have been taken from the family home in Chiswick to Saudi Arabia by their father. However, after failing to return after an access visit, a high court judge orders Samia’s fathers arrest and a nationwide air and sea port watch is put in place.
Kidnap by Samia Rida outlines the details leading up to the event and is a darkly comic monologue on multiculturalism, disability, trauma, mental health and how kidnap can involve a swimming pool.
Samia is a London-born screenwriter of Saudi/Welsh heritage who has been selected in recent years for both the WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme and the BBC Writersroom London Voices group. Her writing and performing often explores her complex heritage and mines, to darkly comic effect, autobiographical material. She has been mentored as an actor/writer by comedy producer Gareth Edwards, with whom she has also developed scripts; and recent work has been optioned by Fulwell 73 and Vox Pictures.
Kidnap by Samia Rida plays two performances at the Tabard this October. Don’t miss your chance to hear this fascinating local story.
Monday 7 Oct 2024 and Tuesday 8 Oct 2024
Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, Chiswick, London W4 1LW
£15 General Admissions / £12 concessionsMonday 7th October at 7:30 pm
Tuesday 8th October at 7:30 pm
AGE GUIDANCE: 15+. Contains strong language, domestic violence references, references to disability, dark humour, kidnapping, racism, abuse, mental illness, animal cruelty, trauma, ableism.
RUNNING TIME: Approximately 70 minutes – there is no interval
LATECOMERS: Latecomers will be not be admitted once the performance has begun
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