Directed by Aarne Neeme
Seymour Centre, August 5-29 2009
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“this is a revelatory new production...a fine revival of a great classic” (The Australian, 2007 on Norm & Ahmed)
“a famous and culturally important work” (SMH, 2007 on Norm & Ahmed)

Award-winning Australian playwright Alana Valentine’s contemporary response to Buzo’s watershed Australian play marks The Alex Buzo Company’s initiation of a trail-blazing practice in Australian theatre. Buzo’s iconic play “Norm and Ahmed” is an encounter between a white, ocker Aussie male and a young Pakistani uni student. A story of racism, prejudice, generational envy, its premise is “never underestimate the power of difference.” Forty years after its premiere, Alana Valentine takes up Buzo’s astonishingly enduring themes through “Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah,” the story of a young Australian-born Muslim woman, who turns to the religion of her heritage for answers after the September 11 attacks in 2001, resulting in a deep experience of faith and a controversial decision to wear the hijab.

“Norm and Ahmed” is on the NSW HSC Course Prescriptions 2010-2012 for the topic “Dramatic Traditions in Australia”  which is part of the core component “Australian Drama and Theatre.” A variety of resources for teachers and students can be found on the Education page at: www.alexbuzo.com.au