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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lyndsey Winship

I’m Muslamic – Don’t Panik review – a warm-hearted, gently political journey

A bit of everything … I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik.
A bit of everything … I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik Photograph: Assembly Festival Press Office

There is a fragrant scent when you walk in the room, all senses tickled in this show that has a bit of everything: dance, theatre, comedy, music, travelogue. It is gently political, unexpectedly stirring, easy viewing.

We are greeted in a blend of Farsi and English by the British-Iranian dance artist Bobak Champion and one of his various alter egos. They are warm company, like the family that greets Champion on his first visit from Bristol to Tehran as a child, with abundant food and hospitality (stay after the show and there is cardamom tea and Persian biscuits to enjoy in that same spirit).

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