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Drama and Family Finding Home: Leicester’s Ugandan Asian Story at 50 Friday 29 July – Saturday 6 August 2022

Finding Home marks the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus. In August 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the country’s Indian and Pakistani communities to leave within 90 days. Many of the displaced were British citizens and, as a result, around 27,000 people emigrated to the UK, with thousands settling in Leicester.

Finding Home features three new short plays by local writers whose families arrived in the UK from Uganda.

Finding Home Double Bill Friday 29 July – Saturday 6 August | Studio

Ninety Days by Ashok Patel Two couples – Wynnie and Joshua and Geeta and Sudesh –come face to face with the reality of Amin’s orders as the ninety-day deadline nears. Tensions rise and loyalties, friendships and love collide with power, greed and confusion.

For Wynnie, ninety days to choose between following her head or her heart. For Geeta, ninety days to leave everything behind. Influenced by real stories, Ninety Days looks at the journeys of

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