{"product_id":"before-the-millenium-playtext","title":"Before the Millenium Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA snowwoman from Pakistan – full of songs,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehopes, and dreams…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the final days of 1999 draw near, Pakistani migrants, Zoya and Iqra, work side by side in Woolworth’s Oxford Cowley branch – anxious and excited for what’s to come in the new millennium. At their Christmas staff party, the pair encounter a mysterious new girl – Faiza – who threatens to alter everything they thought they knew about their friendship and their future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagical, tender and quietly radical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBefore the Millennium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a lyrical new play from award-winning playwright,\u003cbr\u003eKarim Khan – charting the joys of a lifechanging friendship, the icy bitterness of homesickness and the sacrifice of migration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the production at Old Fire Station, Oxford, in December 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55383624679800,"sku":"9781350614055","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9781350614055.jpg?v=1765223158","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/before-the-millenium-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}