A heart-warming stage production is looking at what it means to be a Muslim woman in Britian today.

Based on interviews with dozens of women from across the country and around the Sheffield, Stephanie Street’s new play lifts the veil on a world of custom and tradition.

Sisters exposes the human stories at the heart of the Muslim community, cutting through the stereotypes and bringing a chorus of voices to life on stage.

A poignant, surprising and insightful journey into the lives of Muslim women.

Sisters reunites Stephanie Street and Ruth Carney following their previous collaboration on The Laramie Project (UK première at Sound Theatre). The production opens on 16 March, with previews from 11 and runs until 27 March 2010.

Street began work on Sisters in 2005 shortly after the July 7 bombings in London.

As a woman of mixed race, Street noticed that people reacted to her differently following the terrorist attacks, and the play is inspired by this experience.

Sisters is a verbatim piece based on interviews with Muslim women from all over the UK, and marks Street’s playwrighting debut.

For more information or tickets visit www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk or call Box Office: 0114 249 6000.