Theatre

‘The Empress’ – riveting, majestic, moving: a great night out at the theatre… (review)

One of the theatrical highlights of 2023 has a touch of Bollywood melodrama and offers an engaging and entertaining evening……

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‘Meetings’ – Scintillating production is a joy for all the senses! (review)

Written by the late and wonderful Mustapha Matura (1939-2019), it’s an entertaining play, rich in possible meanings… THIS is a…

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Theatre: Abdul Shayek and Tara Theatre award; Brown Boys Swim; Blue Mist; Tickbox 2; Phantasmagoria; The Empress; Meetings; Made in (India) Britain

Welcome to a packed month for South Asian theatre in the UK. There’s a lot going on and here is…

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‘Mahabharata’ – new theatre version of stirring ancient epic comes to Europe for the first time…

Described as “a once in a generation theatrical experience”, one of the lead actors tells us about this new production…

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‘Pygmalion’ – Classic tale has reasonable first half but star cast really impress in second

In the Greek myth, Pygmalion was a sculptor who created a statue – Galatea, a beautiful woman and he falls…

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‘God of Carnage’ – Middle-class angst laid bare in French modern classic with diversity twist…

Playwright Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play enjoys a new revival at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith… By Suman Bhuchar DESCRIBED as a…

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Ainy Jaffri – “We don’t believe in politics”, as she talks about working on India film Coke and co-compering the Asian Achievers Awards 2023 (video interview)

STAR Ainy Jaffri talked to www.asianculturevulture.com about her co-compering the Asian Achievers Awards this year with fellow actor Nitin Ganatra;…

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‘Great Expectations’: Caste, Colourism, and Class take centre stage in Tanika Gupta’s latest adaption of Dickens’ classic novel…

Set in colonial India, playwright Tanika Gupta has re-adapted her own version of Dickens’ work, for the stage and this…

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‘The Father and the Assassin’ – director Indhu Rubasingham says she didn’t think National would stage controversial Indian political assassination drama

ARTISTIC director Indhu Rubasingham has revealed that she wasn’t confident the National Theatre would take on ‘The Father and the…

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‘The Father and the Assassin’ – universal themes of nationalism, patriotism and faith, return to the National Theatre…

On the one hand – is the commonly venerated figure of Mohandas K Gandhi, more commonly referred to as The…

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