★★★★

“Engaging 90 minute performance owes much to the direction of Imy Wyatt Corner and designer Maariyah Sharjil” The Guardian

★★★★

“a visually appealing production, graphics give a huge amount of clarity to the piece.” Theatre Weekly 

★★★★.5

“successfully manages to engage us in both its narrative and character arc with astonishing speed” First Night Magazine 

★★★★

“That the play is so entertaining yet hits hard when it needs to, is a testament to a director who know how to tell an engaging story and how to make a message stick.” Broadway World

★★★★

“Corner’s delicate approach and preference to acknowledge the childish and boyish joy… pays off when the harsher themes come to light” All that Dazzles

★★★★

“A heartwarming, elegantly developed story that pulls the audience into its embrace before subtly and almost imperceptibility developing an undercurrent of racism” Everything Theatre

★★★★

“Omar Bynon is charismatic and charming as Ismail.” The Spy in the Stalls

DUCK

Arcola Theatre, 2023 / Pleasance Courtyard, 2024 / South East Tour, 2025

Director

Imy Wyatt Corner

Playwright

maatin

Performers

Omar Bynon, 2023

Qasim Mahmood, 2024 - 2025

Producer

Katy Galloway

Set, Costume and Animation Design

Maariyah Sharjil

Movement Direction

Hamza Ali

Sound Design

Holly Khan

Assistant Direction

Maaryam Shaharuddin

Lighting Design

Jonathan Chan

Production Management

Chloe Stally Gibson

Stage Management

Ibraheem Hamirani

Projection and Creative Captioning

Rachel Sampley