{"id":8938,"date":"2011-05-11T17:29:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/05\/11\/arranged-marriage-with-a-twist\/"},"modified":"2011-05-11T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T17:29:20","slug":"arranged-marriage-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/11\/arranged-marriage-with-a-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Arranged Marriage\u2019 with a twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>LaurieLorry Theatre bring \u2018Sausage and Samosa\u2019 to The Public<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"middle\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/SausageSamosa_460x225.jpg\"\/><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong>A heart-warming interactive theatre production heads to The Public on Friday 20 May, as Ready Steady Cook meets Blind Date in true \u2018Bollywood style\u2019.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Sausage and Samosa, by LaurieLorry Theatre, follows the story of Eve, an environmentalist and dry-stone wall expert who, fast becoming a wilting wall flower, seeks drastic measures to find true love.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Tired of dating agencies, she&#8217;s replied to lonely hearts in the local paper, borrowed her friend\u2019s dog and taken notes in the supermarket to try and spot a single man\u2019s basket. As a last ditch attempt to find her man she taps into the Asian culture of arranged marriages.\u00a0 Every effort is made to become the perfect woman. She takes cookery classes, Asian etiquette and dancing lessons &#8211; all food for the ultimate blind date and her quest for the perfect man.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>As potential suitors are downloaded from Eve\u2019s website during the performance, audience members are invited to vote by raising a sausage or samosa card to help choose her perfect match.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A touching and engaging one-woman show written and performed by Elaine Pantling, Sausage and Samosa explores the fascinating journey of love.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The production is suitable for over 14s.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Linda Saunders, Managing Director of The Public said,<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cSausage and Sausage adds to our diverse and engaging theatre programme.\u00a0 LaurieLorry Theatre Company\u2019s productions are full of witty prose and observations that not only enlighten and entertain but communicate directly with the audience.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Tickets are priced at \u00a310 and are available from www.thepublic.com or by calling 0121 533 7161.\u00a0 The performance begins at 7.45pm.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaurieLorry Theatre bring \u2018Sausage and Samosa\u2019 to The Public &#13; &#13; &#13; A heart-warming interactive theatre production heads to The Public on Friday 20 May, as Ready Steady Cook meets Blind Date in true \u2018Bollywood style\u2019. &#13; Sausage and Samosa, by LaurieLorry Theatre, follows the story of Eve, an environmentalist and dry-stone wall expert who, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}