This story is about a city. A city of exhaust fumes, drunken phone calls, first kisses, hysteria, sweat and laughter. Cairo.
Coming of age in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, six young Egyptians navigate friendship, loss and secret Grindr dates in the city that made them.
Winner of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, You Bury Me is an explosive, political debut from Ahlam about a generation emerging from a national trauma, determined to live and love freely.
“Only Cairo, eh? Only Cairo will push you to your absolute limits and then suddenly… you’re in love. You’re in love and you’re entangled and stuck. How does this city do that?”
A Paines Plough, The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, 45North, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and The Orange Tree Theatre production, in association with Bristol Old Vic.
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes (with no interval)
Age guidance: 14+
Content warning: Contains strong language, sexual references, drug use, allusions to death, grief, and personal and political trauma.
For more specific content and trigger warnings, click here to download the You Bury Me Care Pack, created by 45North.
Where we're going...
Bristol Old Vic
Bristol
24 Feb – 4 Mar 2023The Royal Lyceum Theatre
Edinburgh
7 – 18 Mar 2023The Orange Tree Theatre
London
27 Mar – 22 Apr 2023
