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Review: Testing The Echo

April 16, 2008 23:00

By

John Nathan,

John Nathan

1 min read

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Tricycle Theatre, London NW6

David Edgar’s zeitgeist play about British citizenship would have benefited from having fewer points of view. But then, to discriminate against one point of view in favour of another would, according to English teacher Emma, be very un-British. Her job is to help a diverse group of immigrants pass their British citizenship test. Their reward — a mayor’s handshake and the rights of a British citizen.

Mahmood wants them so he can claim a house in Pakistan without fear of arrest; for Tetyana, it means she can escape her overbearing Muslim husband. There are others, and whatever their religion, all have to learn the new official bible called Living in UK.