"In our shops, we will be Kings of England. And we will make this place our place.”
The Bains’ local corner shop in Wolverhampton has been the focal point of the family for three generations.
In 1969, Mrs Bains balances running the family business, caring for her ailing husband, and the increasing demands of her two headstrong daughters, who both have their eyes on a different kind of future.
In the present day, Arjan Bains is pulled back from a life in London by a family tragedy. The family shop represents everything Arjan was trying to escape, but just how long can he stay away with his mother insisting it remains open?
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti adapts Sathnam Sanghera's critically acclaimed novel Marriage Material at the Lyric Hammersmith, a sweeping family portrait directed by Iqbal Khan.