A mother’s lesson of two coins. A mysterious teacher’s tale of an epic battle. Partition. Migration. The strands of a story for our times that forged a legend known in his lifetime as the Angel of Mercy, The Richest Poor Man and the World’s Greatest Living Humanitarian.

Nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, Abdul Sattar Edhi is the late Pakistani philanthropist, ascetic and humanitarian who founded the Edhi Foundation, now run by his son, Faisal Edhi. By the time of his death in 2016, Edhi was registered as a parent or guardian of nearly 20,000 children and founded the largest volunteer ambulance service.

 

Featuring Ezra Faroque Khan (Doctor Strange, The Kite Runner, The National Theatre, RSC, West End, Eastenders) as Edhi Sahib.

Stage biopic and film adaptation based on A Mirror to the Blind, an Autobiography as narrated to Tehmina Durrani. Painting by Marc Nelson.

 

Theatre-without-Walls supported by Amal, Aziz Foundation and Arts Council England