TWO young aspiring stars are being sought to play a leading role in the hit comedy drama East is East.

The award-winning play is being staged at the Octagon Theatre in March and the production team is looking to cast the role of Sajit Khan, the youngest child of the Khans, an Anglo-Pakistani family caught between two cultures to brilliant comic effect.

The Octagon is looking for two boys who fit the bill to share the role of the character in Ayub Khan Din's play which follows the life of the family living in Salford during the early 1970s.

The BAFTA winning film was a huge box office hit and now the Octagon is offering two actors a chance to star alongside a professional cast in this new family drama.

A spokesman for the Octagon said: "This will be an exciting and enjoyable opportunity to join a professional cast of actors and director Ben Occhipinti to bring the story to life.

"The boys will need to have a playing age of 13 years old and in order to audition they must be between the ages of 12 and 17.

"No experience is required but they must feel comfortable performing onstage."

The Octagon often puts out a call for budding young actors to star in their plays and for some schoolchildren it is the first time they have appeared in a major production after going along to auditions and having been discovered.

The character Sajit is the youngest of the children who are caught between two cultures, with proud chip shop owner George Khan wanting his family to conform to traditional Pakistani values.

When the children want to make their own decision, their English mother is forced to make a choice make a choice between her love for her husband and the right of her children to make their own ways in the world.

Young people who want to put themselves forward for the role must be available throughout the run from March 15 to April 14 as well as the rehearsal dates.

To find out more or register interest or the interest of a child, complete application and consent forms that can be found on the Octagon’s website octagonbolton.co.uk/about-us/casting/