Permission review – one rebellious woman’s search for independence from Karachi to London

Permission review – one rebellious woman’s search for independence from Karachi to London

Tara theatre, LondonHunia Chawla’s intimate drama is played out across continents to tell a platonic love story that examines the challenges to freedom in Pakistan and EnglandWhat does liberation mean? That’s the dilemma at the heart of Hunia Chawla’s play Permission. Set across continents, on rooftops in Karachi and in university halls in London, it follows Hanna (generously performed by Anisa Butt), a young Pakistani woman with a rebellious sp…