Mush and Me, Underbelly

By Amy Stow

Karla Crome’s new play, Mush and Me, has been selected as part of the Ideas Tap Underbelly Award, which supports four new plays during their Edinburgh stint. It is easy to see why it was chosen: the play deals with the consequences of two young people, each from different religious backgrounds, falling in love. Will it work? Can it survive the weight of cultural and familial pressure? Will the small-yet-significant differences of belief cause havoc in the future, even when they seem so inconsequential in the now?

Gabby (Daniella Isaacs) is an uptight, stubborn Jew, whilst Mush (David Mumeni) is a fun-loving rude-boy Muslim. It is impossible not to fervently will their relationship, tumultuous as it is, to succeed. The play uses interview extracts from real situations where young people in interfaith relationships have had to choose between their family or their partner.

The story is clear, although the ending is not yet written. Using a couple of wooden crates, a few props, and some Middle Eastern music, Mush and Me highlights the very real division that many lovers face in the name of religion, even if,‘love is the most important thing knocking about these days’.

Underbelly Cowgate, 14:50 (1 hr)

12th-24th August

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★★★★

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