Theatre
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Nov- 2025 -22 November
‘We are the Lions Mr Manager’ – Jayaben Desai play, the other Iron Woman
At a time when a certain Margaret Thatcher was making her way politically, another woman was also intent on change…
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20 November
Bradford 2025 – Built by Sound; Steven Frayne (Dynamo); finale – Brighter Still
South Asian daytimers celebrated – writer Nikesh Shukla speaks to acv about ‘headset experience’… 🔹 Built by Sound opens tomorrow…
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19 November
‘Dial 1 for UK’ – Mohit Mathur goes to work…
The country is full, we don’t need immigrants, right? MOHIT MATHUR appears like a man on a mission and he…
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16 November
Who am I? Identity, belonging and creativity from the East African South Asian Diaspora
Sharing stories, culture, heritage and food through performance, archive and oral histories By Suman Bhuchar JUST like ‘to be or…
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11 November
Bradford 2025 Winter update – our visit to Bradford Arts Centre, interview references and final exhibitions continued (page 2)
Continued… WHEN the bird went up to Bradford to be shown around and interview senior staff it was before Bradford…
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7 November
Voila! Festival 2025, Bangla Drama, New Work nights, ‘Red Oleanders’ (Tagore), ‘Porn Play’ (Ambika Mod), ‘I Dream of Theresa May’, more theatre listings…
November has three theatre festivals and acv brings you a selection from these, along with focus on new writing and…
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4 November
‘Period Parrrty’ Tamil queerness and non-binary come centre stage…
Kali Theatre presents debut play celebrating Tamil experience… THE WRITER Gayathiri Kamalakanthan says in the programme note to their play,…
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Oct- 2025 -29 October
‘Bacchae’ – Imaginative and stimulating interpretation of Greek tragedy
New Artistic Director of The National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham, brings us a reworking of an ancient text… By Suman Bhuchar…
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13 October
Hedda Gabler, The Comedy Lab, Period Parrrty, The Table, The Chai Queens, Elmet – theatre offerings
There are rich pickings for theatre culture vultures from mid-October… By Suman Bhuchar Hedda Gabler – Merle Oberon makeover THE…
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Sep- 2025 -23 September
‘Brown Girl Noise’ – Telling it as it is out there for women of colour…
Written out of frustration in the way brown women are often cast… By Suman Bhuchar ‘Brown Girl Noise’ is a…
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