Rifco Studio Presents PYAR ACTUALLY at Theatre Royal Stratford East

Following a sold out tour in 2017, Sukh Ojla's comedy drama Pyar Actually (Love Actually), returns to the main stage at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Tuesday 15th May to Saturday 19th May 2018.

The play follows thirty-something Polly whose picture perfect life is interrupted when her first love Bali gets in touch 20 years later. Sukh developed the play, which explores themes of duty, love and missed opportunities, through a series of community workshops, readings and peer-to-peer mentorship as part of the Rifco Associates programme.

Sukh Ojla is a writer, actress and stand up comedian. Pyar Actually is her first full-length play. She won Monologue Slam with her self-penned monologue Settling, has written and performed stand up comedy for the Alchemy Festival, won the Make The Cut competition at the St James Theatre and performed at BBC Asian Network's Big Comedy Night.

Rifco Associates is a two-year rolling programme for artists and creatives both early in their career and mid-career, supporting them to create a new piece of work or develop a new concept. This structured programme is about opening up access to a wider range of people working in theatre and celebrating the voices of British Asian contemporary artists both on the stage and behind the scenes.

Rifco Studio is Rifco theatre on a smaller scale. Offering the opportunity for new writing and developing artists to present their work. The productions are shorter, with fewer cast members and minimal stage setting, but with the same quality, vibrancy and contemporary British Asian storytelling that audiences have come to expect from Rifco Theatre Company.