Bend It Like Beckham
The hit film Bend It Like Beckham is making its way to the West End at the Phoenix Theatre London. The show is directed by Gurinder Chadha who also directed the 2002 film. It follows 18 year old football enthusiast Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra, the youngest daughter of a Punjabi Sikh family from Hounslow. Her family have forbidden her to play football because she’s a girl, but she ignores their wishes and still plays in the park with her friend Tony. One day Jules, who plays for local team The Hounslow Harriers, spots her and persuades her coach Joe to let her join the team. Jules and Jess quickly become firm friends and their team climbs to the top of the local league. But soon both of them begin to fall for Joe, and their friendship, as well as their place in the league, is at stake. Will Jess manage to keep her football playing secret from her family? Will the girls’ friendship survive? Come and join the team at the Phoenix Theatre from May 2015.
Show Times
- Opened
- 15 May 2015
- Closed
- 5 March 2016