Taking the family history of performer Kaveh Rahnama as its frame, Backgammon for Beginners follows an Iranian immigrant come to London, in 1976, with a single suitcase. 'Unknown to airport officials, he has smuggled in the last of his opium supply, and brings with him a complicated past from a culture which doesn’t slot neatly into this one.' The show's part of CircusFest and directed by Mish Weaver (director of Box of Frogs, which So & So's Kaveh Rahnama and Lauren Hendry also perform in).