Marriage Material

“In our shops we will be Kings of England. And we will make this place our place.”

The Bains’ corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of the family for threegenerations.

In 1969, Mrs Bains is balancing running the business, caring for her ailing husband and thedemands of her two headstrong daughters, who each have their eye on a different kind offuture.

In the present day, a family tragedy pulls Arjan Bains back from a life in London. The shoprepresents everything he was trying to escape, but with his mother insisting it remain open,how long can he stay away?

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (A Kind of People) adapts the critically acclaimed novel from SathnamSanghera (Empireland), a sweeping family portrait directed by Iqbal Khan (East Is East).

ASSISTED PERFORMANCES
BSL Interpreted performance – 10 June 2025 – 7.30pm
Chilled performance – 11 June 2025 – 2.30pm
Audio Described performance – 17 June 2025 – 7.30pm
Open Captioned performance – 19 June 2025 – 7.30pm