Australian Theatre Live
ALEX BUZOS NORM & AHMED

You're walking home around midnight. Its dark and the streets are deserted. You're in a foreign country and your senses are on high alert. Suddenly, from nowhere, a stranger lurches from the shadows. Got a light?

Do you stop?

This is the situation that young Pakistani student Ahmed (Rajan Velu) finds himself in when confronted by the unpredictable and ambiguous great white Norm (Laurence Coy), in this performance of Alex Buzos sharp, entertaining and satirical 1960s classic, Norm and Ahmed.

Fifty-three years since its premiere in Melbourne, Alex Buzos tense two hander remains alarmingly relevant, confronting issues of racism, xenophobia, female politics, cultural difference and assimilation. Now is the perfect time to discover, or rediscover, this iconic and pioneering piece of Australian theatre.