Death to the West (Midlands)

WINNER: 2023 Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award
NOMINEE: 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards Best Debut Show

Arab. Muslim. Brummy. “Deliciously funny” (Guardian) Hasan Al-Habib’s parents left Baghdad for the land of opportunity (southern Birmingham).
But when Britain invaded Iraq, friends and teachers saw him as the enemy within.
This story involves Big Tescos, why Saddam Hussein would have loved Drayton Manor, and – amidst a search for those pesky weapons of mass destruction – finding self-acceptance.

“Al-Habib will be famous.” Rolling Stone

“Edgy and silly in exactly the right balance” Sara Pascoe

Directed by Jet Vevers

PLEASANCE COURTYARD – BELOW (16:30)

Main Run: 30th July – 24^th August
Day off: 12^th August