Karim dabbles in fringe Theatre stage productions and tags along when the failure ol his school chum Charlie's, glam rock band allows turn to make a second grab at the spotlight when Punk explodes. It is Kureishl's satirical digs at any and all of the youth movements he traverses and his skewering of the pretensions of music, theatre and New Age scenesters that make the Buddha Of Suburbia such a labulousty entertaining. Intelligently observed and. although the setting is decades past, a cutting contemporary production.

Kureishi. adapting his own novel, and Persuasion director Roger Michell have crafted a wry portrait of teenage joys and a sharp inquiry into the ngoraus demands of family and community. inviting laughier without mockery A wicked temix cri flippant pop attitude and dangerous dignity The Buddha of Suburbia is a four hour Joyride that is as infectious as it is provocative.