BONAPARTE'S WEDDING

<p>In the early years of Kazakhstan's independence a village is getting ready to celebrate a wedding - until a shameful secret about the groom is brought to light. As the groom's hapless parents and sharp-tongued relatives try to save face all hell breaks loose. With cameos from a spiky village elder a concussed poet a TV hypnotist and someone who may or may not be a doctor Dulat Issabekov's play Bonaparte's Wedding is a caustic and entertaining look at how Kazakhs tried to reclaim their customs and politics at the end of the Soviet era.</p>