Santi and Naz are bestest-best friends living in a village in pre-partition India. One Sikh, one Muslim; they have little understanding of how religion will divide them.
As partition draws closer, the girls remain oblivious to the spreading social unrest and violence. They’re too busy stealing books, swimming in the lake and spying on Rahul (the local hottie). When Naz is betrothed to a tailor from the soon-to-be capital of Pakistan the threat of separation for the young women looms on the horizon. Bound by their love for each other we learn how far they will go to avoid the inevitable.
Recipient of the Fringe Society’s Keep It Fringe Fund and Winner of the Charlie Hartill Fund 2023
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/"Vital and utterly charming"Broadway Baby
/"A brilliant two-hander"To Do List
/"A tender play about female friendship"The Stage
/"Heart-warming and distressing, elegant and silly"A Younger Theatre
/"The Indian Partition is not a particularly common backdrop for a play, so it’s refreshing to see it not just done, but done extremely well"The Upcoming
/"Heart-warming, powerful and impactful, Santi & Naz sets the bar high"Upper Circle
/"Beautifully captures how ordinary people are affected by monumental historic changes which become woven into their everyday experiences"BritishTheatre.com
/"Subtly demonstrates how the personal and political future of these characters are deeply entwined"Reviews Hub
/"Funny, exciting and feisty"Pocket Size Theatre
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Creatives
Creators
Guleraana Mir & Madelaine Moore
Writers
Guleraana Mir & afshan d’souza lodhi
Director
Madelaine Moore
Producers
The Thelmas & The Pleasance
Designer
Sascha Gilmour
Sound Design & Composition