Dial 1 for UK at Riverside Studios
Dates: 29/10/2025- 30/10/2025
📍 Theatre: Riverside Studios
101 Queen Caroline St, London W6 9BN
London,
Phone: 020 8237 1000
Tickets: £12
Rooted in writer and performer Mohit Mathur’s own experiences of moving to London from Mumbai, his debut play explores the dreams of those who journey West in search of a better life only to discover a reality far removed from their fantasies. Dial 1 for UK follows New Delhi call centre worker Uday Kumar (UK), who by night answers panicked calls to a crypto helpline, and by day fills his YouTube channel with visions of a sophisticated new life of affluence, fish and chips and tea with the British Royal Family. When a chance encounter offers him the opportunity to make the leap, he boards a flight to London brimming with hope for a glittering new life. But the reality of daily existence in Hounslow as an immigrant care worker proves starkly different from the dream he nurtured in India as he navigates racism, broken promises of long-term accommodation, people trafficking and loneliness. Dial 1 for UK shines a light on the challenges and realities of migration with humour, heart and hope.
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Review: DIAL 1 FOR UK, Riverside Studios
October 30, 2025 Anyone wanting to get to the bottom of newspaper stories about illegal migrants in Britain could learn a great deal from Dial 1 for UK at Riverside Studios. Written and performed by assured actor/dancer Mohit Mahur, his debut one-man play provides plenty of laughs, as well as poignancy when a migrant (loosely based on Mahur's own experience) discovers the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Guest Blog: Indian Writer and Actor Mohit Mathur on Theatre's Role in Politics and Immigration in His Play DIAL 1 FOR UK
October 15, 2025 In my play Dial 1 for UK, my character, an undocumented migrant who moves to London for a better life, smiles for a reporter and says: “It’s a dream to be here.” This line, and the play itself, reveals a profound contradiction: the dream is alive, but it's haunted.About the Theatre
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