Peterborough Evening Telegraph

CULTURE CLASH FOR KEY-CROSSED LOVERS

With Italians working alongside Muslims, English and Eastern Europeans, there has always been scope to sample or mingle with differing tastes and beliefs.The Eastern Angles Theatre Company is drawing on this make-up in its Platform Peterborough plays with Crossed Keys being the latest (you mayhave already seen Lincoln Road or Our Nobby). It boils down to a love story. Hussein (John Bosco)and Shahruk’s (MariamHaque) commitment to each other can’t be publicly aired as their families are from differing castes.Hussein works with Michael (Aidan Dooley), a weathered Irishman living in Peterborough. They bond together during a building project which features the crossed keys design - the keys represent opportunities.Michael urges Hussein to follow his heart and their lives part. But there’s a twist in the tale.Through which tragic circumstances will Michael and Hussein meet again?Writer Greg Lyons and director Kate Budgen have created a thought-provoking piece which will strike a chord with many. Though a little short on laughs it’s well acted and very relevant to the city today. Crossed Keys runs untilOctober 22. It’s on at TheGreenhouse, PECT, at 1pm today and Peterborough CityCollege at 5pm tomorrow.For further dates, visit www.easternangles.co.uk.

Mark Pearson