I Dream of Theresa May review – willing immigrant’s political conversion spurs stiff debate

Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it...

By Arifa Akbar · The Guardian Culture

Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it should be Remember Theresa May and her 2016 “citizen” speech (“If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere ”) at the height of her suspicious policies on immigration? Well, here she is back in her former pomp as home secretary, appearing as a spectre that looms over Vivek Nityananda’s political satire about Nikhil (Taraash Mehrotra), a young, gay Indian researching cancer in Britain who becomes desperate to earn indefinite leave to remain and prove himself the “good” immigrant. Continue reading...