Theatre
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Oct- 2021 -23 October
‘10 Nights’ – Intelligent, thoughtful, and funny (play review)
Main character wrestles with culture, expectations and keeping up appearances… By Suman Bhuchar THIS is a story about faith and…
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11 October
‘When the Fire’s Gone Out’ – playwright Naylah Ahmed talks about the idea of ‘home’ that inspired Kali week of plays coming to Tara Theatre
Two mothers. Terrorism, pain, grief, loss and where the idea of home reverberates powerfully in this new work… By Suman…
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9 October
‘East is East’ – 25 years on acv asks Tamasha co-founder Sudha Bhuchar and director Kristine Landon-Smith and original set designer Sue Mayes to share experience…
Twenty-five years ago, ‘East is East’ was first performed and we asked some of the original talent behind that Tamasha…
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9 October
‘East is East’: A Personal Look by Suman Bhuchar
This play celebrates 25 years with a new production that has just opened at the National Theatre in London after…
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5 October
Theatre bird bites – Autumn calling ‘East is East’; ‘10 Nights’; ‘Rice’; Kali Week on Home; NW Trilogy and ‘The Normal Heart’
Enjoying being back in the theatre, we here at acv, are very excited to be sharing this about live theatre…
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Sep- 2021 -9 September
Moongate Mix – panel urges Asian communities to talk to each other, share stories and address inequality in arts sphere and beyond…
CREATIVES and others who use the word, ‘Asian’ must be conscious of the people it excludes – and the term…
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3 September
‘East is East’ – A modern classic that remains as powerful and relevant as it was 25 years ago when it first hit the theatre, says director Iqbal Khan…
Theatre director of new production tells acv why he thinks this work is a modern classic and covers a lot…
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Jul- 2021 -31 July
‘Evening Conversations’ (and ‘Life Laundry’) – the real talk that we should all be having… (review)
One-woman show is poignant, powerful and funny and makes for a wonderful evening… SUDHA BHUCHAR has a great story to…
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28 July
‘East is East’ – full cast announced, play celebrates 25 years…
Popular play is back from the autumn… ‘EAST IS EAST’ – the original play celebrates 25 years this year with…
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23 July
‘Under the Mask’: Audio drama that moves and illuminates life on a covid ward as seen through a young Asian frontline doctor (review)
In March and April last year, hospitals started filling up with people who had come down with coronavirus (covid) and…
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