The Boy with Two Hearts

Author(s): Hamed & Hessam Amiri, adapted for the stage by Phil Porter
Company: Wales Millennium Centre

Herat, Afghanistan. 2000.

When a young mother speaks out against the Taliban, she and her husband are forced to flee their home and country with their three sons.

Embarking on a long and terrifying journey across Russia and through Europe, they seek final refuge in the UK.

But, as their eldest son’s life-threatening heart condition worsens and requires urgent surgery, their escape soon becomes a race against time.

Performances

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Shamail Ali as Hessam, Ahmad Sakhi as Hussein and Farshid Rokey as Hamed

The Boy with Two Hearts

Hamed & Hessam Amiri, adapted for the stage by Phil Porter

Wales Millennium Centre

National Theatre (Dorfman Theatre)

1 October–12 November 2022

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