“I love you. Like genuinely, I do love you. You are a real one.”
Best friends Neelam and Zaid shared a dream: to get away, make it big as playwrights, and build a future where they are free to be themselves. Together, forever.
Years later, things haven't turned exactly out how they expected. Zaid’s life has sort of stalled, half out of the closet, still living at home and still chasing the dream. While Neelam’s life has taken off, and in a completely different direction, as she prioritises happiness.
As their lives pull ever further apart, a mess of unsaid things hangs heavy between them, and it becomes less and less clear if they can ever find a path back to each other.
The Real Ones is an amusing and honest love letter to platonic soulmates. The world premiere production at the Bush Theatre comes from the creative team behind the Olivier Award-winning play, The P Word, and reunites director Anthony Simpson Pike and writer Waleed Akthar.
Assisted Performances
Relaxed: Saturday, 21 September 2024, at 2:30 pm & Thursday, 10 October 2024, at 7:30 pm.
Captioned: Thursday, 26 September 2024, at 7:30 pm & Saturday, 5 October 2024, at 2:30 pm
Audio-Described: Saturday, 28 September 2024, at 2:30 pm & Thursday 3 October 2024 at 7:30 pm.