The wedding of the year? A review of Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding
There was blazing sun at the Beck Theatre in Hayes, perfect weather for a wedding and especially for a large Indian wedding. It was a full house who were cordially invited to be guests as Mrs Kapoor, wonderfully played for comic effect by Parle Patel, went through the emotional rollercoaster beginning with the dream of marrying off her eldest daughter to the enormity of it actually happening. As the old adage goes, careful what you wish for.
The promotional material introduced the show as “Bollywood inspired” and that’s exactly what you get. There is a mix of traditional theatre were we see the Kapoor’s lovingly bicker in the traditional way that couples tend to, leading to lots of laughs with observational humour which many of the audience clearly identified with. “It’s not a flying table,...
There was blazing sun at the Beck Theatre in Hayes, perfect weather for a wedding and especially for a large Indian wedding. It was a full house who were cordially invited to be guests as Mrs Kapoor, wonderfully played for comic effect by Parle Patel, went through the emotional rollercoaster beginning with the dream of marrying off her eldest daughter to the enormity of it actually happening. As the old adage goes, careful what you wish for.
The promotional material introduced the show as “Bollywood inspired” and that’s exactly what you get. There is a mix of traditional theatre were we see the Kapoor’s lovingly bicker in the traditional way that couples tend to, leading to lots of laughs with observational humour which many of the audience clearly identified with. “It’s not a flying table,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Jonathan Howell
- Bollyspice
Following ten, sell-out London shows in 2018, Bollywood-inspired, British Asian stage spectacle, Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding, is now embarking on a UK tour, including dates in Leicester and Birmingham.
Audiences of all ages will enjoy the heady mix of romance, drama, comedy, and action, which bring to vivid life all of the highs and lows of a typical Asian wedding, from the first family arguments to the emotional witnessing of the couple’s first dance. Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding presents the rollercoaster melodrama of the big, fat Indian wedding, meticulously transferred from home to stage.
The YouTube sensation Parle Patel plays the titular Mrs Kapoor, who is mother to five daughters, one of whom is getting married. As the saying goes, the course of love never did run smooth, and on this occasion the path leads us through the household preparing for the wedding day in a laugh-out-loud,...
Audiences of all ages will enjoy the heady mix of romance, drama, comedy, and action, which bring to vivid life all of the highs and lows of a typical Asian wedding, from the first family arguments to the emotional witnessing of the couple’s first dance. Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding presents the rollercoaster melodrama of the big, fat Indian wedding, meticulously transferred from home to stage.
The YouTube sensation Parle Patel plays the titular Mrs Kapoor, who is mother to five daughters, one of whom is getting married. As the saying goes, the course of love never did run smooth, and on this occasion the path leads us through the household preparing for the wedding day in a laugh-out-loud,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Jonathan Howell
- Bollyspice
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