Theatre

‘Disco Dancer: The Musical’ – iconic film becomes a stage musical and is a smash!

Just three performances left in London for dance drama based on classic Bollywood film… By Suman Bhuchar A HOMAGE to…

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‘Noor’ – Second World War spy heroine is rightly lauded in this wonderful production… (review)

This is a new play by Azma Dar for Kali theatre company, currently on at Southwark Playhouse in London… By…

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‘The Boy with the Two Hearts’ – stirring, emotional family drama about refugees (review)

Now in its last few performances, a story about a family who flee their home in Afghanistan for refuge in…

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Theatre: The P Word; The Boy with Two Hearts; Glitterball; Tartuffe; Evening Conversations; Bombay Superstar; Noor; Brown Girls do it too; Disco Dancer; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Life of Pi

What’s happening … a couple of reviews and listings from today and through to November …. Brilliant – don’t miss…

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‘Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical’ Irvine Iqbal on iconic film now a stage musical… ( watch video)

One the main cast of this new show currently in the US talks to us about why and what it…

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‘The Cherry Orchard’ – Reimagined as a family space odyssey (video interview with writer Vinay Patel) & review

Doctor Who writer delves into space to explore uncertain future… LEANING on an image of his grandmother being the commander…

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‘Antigone’ – The Power and the Glory but whose? Classic Greek tragedy recast as urban potboiler

For the most part it works but having a Muslim family at the centre of it has both advantages and…

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‘Silence’ – Bringing the Partition of India to life in this moving dramatisation…

Fine play tells individual stories… By Suman Bhuchar TO MARK the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India, artistic director…

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Recording family stories from Partition and other major historical events and beyond…

Collating the oral histories of families who came to Britain…could you help? DOES your family have a story about how…

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Theatre bird bites: Incredible stage work – Silence; Antigone; The Cherry Orchard; The P-word; Peaceophobia; Final Farewell; Glitterball; Brown Boys Swim; Exodus; Evening Conversations…

It’s a cracking month of theatre for asianculturevultures, don’t miss…(in chronological order) By Mamie Colfox Breaking the taboo after 75…

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