It received an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement. All of these plays have been broadcast by the BBC on radio or television, and have together reached audiences of over 30 million people worldwide. The production received an Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement and was revived at the Tricycle in summer , with several of the plays updated to reflect the changes in the conflict.
A searing insight into soldiers at war, and what happens when they go home. Your privacy is important to us. Please click here to read our Privacy Policy. Newsletter Sign Up Sign up to receive updates from us. Tom McKay as a British sergeant returning from Helmand province is confronted by Jemima Rooper as his angry wife begging him not to go back.
To which he replies with a story about a year-old girl at Delaram whose eyes were sprayed with acid for the simple offence of going to school. And that, in a way sums up the virtue of The Great Game. It reminds us of all the past blunders in Afghanistan. At the same time, it does not spare us examples of present-day Taliban cruelty. It is up to each individual to decide whether they feel Nato forces should stay or go. But these plays give us the chance to make an informed judgment. Something remarkable is happening at the Tricycle, where Afghan history and culture are being made manifest in a uniquely challenging, theatrically exciting way.
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