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2022 Edinburgh Fringe

Tickbox

  • Theatre (play)
  • 8:55pm (60 mins)
  • 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2022
  • Summerhall (TechCube 0)
  • £12
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26: Summerhall
Room: TechCube 0

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Lubna Kerr

How did a Pakistani family cope when arriving in cold and wet Scotland? Like many migrants they used food to make friends. But when no one had heard of a samosa, how could the barriers be broken down? You might have seen Lubna as Mina in Still Game at the Hydro in 2014, or perhaps you heard her on BBC Radio 4 in Loose Ends with Clive Anderson. See her perform all the characters, from Brown Owl to the acting agent, in her own engaging style in her first play Tickbox. **** (Scotsman).

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Lubna Kerr: Why do you need to know where I am really from?

What is the most popular question a person of colour gets asked? "Where are you from? No, where are you really, really from?"

Lubna Kerr, The Scotsman, 21st August 2022

Pharmacist prescribes laughter as the best medicine at Fringe

Lubna Kerr balances her day job with one-woman show about 1960s migration from Pakistan.

STV, 13th August 2022

10 Fringe performers on how to improve the world's biggest arts festival

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The Scotsman, 3rd August 2022

Three migrant stories

Three migrant stories at Edinburgh Festival 2022...

Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 3rd August 2022

Pakistan to 60s Glasgow - a mother and daughter's cultural journey as New Scots

Actor and comedian Lubna Kerr is returning to the Fringe with a freshly updated version of her acclaimed show Tickbox.

The Edinburgh Reporter, 1st July 2022

Lubna Kerr: Will they laugh or will I be laughed off?

After two years of not gigging live, what were the chances of two gigs coming along at the same time, like buses?

Lubna Kerr, Broadway Baby, 8th April 2022

Lubna Kerr looks forward to being back on stage

It's been two years since I did my last full comedy show...

Lubna Kerr, Broadway Baby, 17th February 2022

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Actor and comedian Lubna Kerr is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe with a freshly updated version of her acclaimed show Tickbox.

The one woman show explores the experiences of different generations of a middle class Pakistani family moving to the Govan area of Glasgow in the late 60s.

Lubna earned extensive critical praise at last year's Fringe. The Scotsman's Joyce McMillan called her "a wonderfully vibrant and witty performer" , The Guardian declared Tickbox was a "warm and witty solo show", Broadway Baby described it as "moving" and Asian Image said it was "storytelling theatre that's full of humour".

It deals with many aspects of family life; the joys, the love and the tragedies. Health, physical and mental, are a key focus - not least the way that two strong Pakistani women cope with life in a new land when the head of the family dies.

Lubna Kerr

Lubna was raised in Glasgow but has lived in Edinburgh for many years and has appeared in TV shows such as Scot Squad and Two Doors Down, Armchair Detectives as well as the stage show Still Game in 2014. She is a regular on Radio Scotland and was a guest on Radio 4's Loose Ends with Clive Anderson.

In Tickbox she takes on multiple roles, including that of her mother and her younger self, in a production that explores struggle, expectations and empowerment.

Tickbox reflects the cultural journey of a Pakistani family and is full of insights about the nature of identity.

Lubna says: "It intertwines my life with that of my mum, who was just the best. Growing up in Scotland, after my dad won a place to do a Chemistry PhD at Strathclyde University, had its challenges for us all, especially when tragedy struck the family.

"But Tickbox is wider than that. It's about the lives of strong, determined women across two generations. And there's a lot that anyone who has moved from one society to another will recognise - the experiences that have been common to them all throughout history."

In the case of Tickbox this includes exposing the prejudice and discrimination that has been experienced by many new Scots.

Lubna is just back from a successful tour of Northumbria and has a summer full of festivals where she will be sharing Tickbox with a wide range of rural and city audiences.

Lubna, who is also an NHS pharmacist, began her career in acting and comedy in 2010 as a mature woman. She enjoys using her very Scottish sense of humour to break down and sometimes to play up her Asian heritage - and the issues faced by people of Pakistani heritage across the UK.

She has gigged comedy across the country, and in the USA. Her 2018 debut show The Asian Ellen DeGeneres premiered at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival before going to the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2019 she followed this up with another solo show Where are You Really From? - a question she frequently faces - and with an answer that depends on whose asking.

For more about Lubna Kerr see lubnakerr.co.uk

Performances

Date Time Venue
16th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
17th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
18th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
19th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
20th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
21st Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
23rd Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
24th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
25th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
26th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
27th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)
28th Aug 2022 20:55 Summerhall (TechCube 0)

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