| 'Black-i' by Sharon
Raizada, 19 October - 6 November 2010 |
'Black-i'
by Sharon Raizada, which runs from 19 October
- 6 November in London, looks at the interaction
of races in contemporary London and the stresses
and pressures on kids today, but first and
foremost it is at heart a weird love story
between an Asian boy and white girl with characters
we care about, set on a Mayfair roof at night.
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| Bruise
Blood & Faultline Autumn Tour, 13th October
- 20th November 2010 |
Autumn
2010 sees Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
touring two of the choreographer's finest
recent works 'Faultline' and 'Bruise Blood'.
The tour starts in Wellingborough on 13th
October and ends on 20th November in Leeds.
2007's 'Faultline' contains some of Jeyasingh's
most notable choreography to date and is performed
with sharpness & speed by the company's
dancers.
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| Akram Khan Company
presents 'Vertical Road', 5 - 9 October 2010 |
The
Akram Khan Company celebrates its 10th Anniversary
this year and following the widely acclaimed
Gnosis in April, Akram Khans dazzling
choreography returns to Sadlers Wells
with new work Vertical Road on from 5 to 9
October 2010. It draws inspiration from the
road between the earthly and the spiritual.
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| A
Disappearing Number, 10 - 25 September 2010 |
A Disappearing Number,
from 10 - 25 September 2010, is a play about
our compulsion to understand. In London a
man attempts to unravel the secrets of his
lover. In Bangalore a woman collapses on a
train. In 1914 Englishman GH Hardy, Professor
of Mathematics at Cambridge University, seeks
to comprehend the ideas of the Indian prodigy,
Srinivasa Ramanujan.
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| Tara
presents 'People's Romeo' UK Tour: 9 September
- 22 October 2010 |
Bangladeshi
theatre breathes new life into the greatest
love story ever told, Shakespeare's 'Romeo
and Juliet' with Tara touring its production
of 'People's Romeo' from 9th September until
22nd October 2010. Weaving together Shakespeare's
verse and Bengali poetry, People's Romeo see
five performers use Pala Gaan - a theatre
style which combines music, dance and storytelling
- to re-invent this classic of English theatre.
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| Border
Crossings presents ' Re-Orientations', 7 -
25 September 2010 |
For
the first time, leading Chinese theatre-makers
are collaborating with their counterparts
in India and the West to address their changing
society and its relationship to a globalised
world. 'Re-orientations', which runs from
7th - 25th September 2010 at the Soho Theatre,
London, takes a frank look at China's single-child
policy, at the decline of traditional Asian
cultures, and at previously taboo subjects
like homosexuality.
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| Miranda
by Farrukh Dhondy , 5 - 29 August 2010 |
Miranda,
a Bollywood wannabe, graces a bar in Goa,
hoping to snare the golden opportunity of
being discovered in "proper" English
theatre - "with real Shakespeare lines,
yaar!" Ferdie walks in. He is part of
a British theatre troupe performing The Tempest
and is seeking a suitable 'Miranda' but as
Miranda soon discovers, the illusion of sorcery
is not only confined to the stage!
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| The
House of Bilquis Bibi, 22nd July - 14th August
2010 |
Actresses
Ila Arun and Indira Joshi lead a cast of nine
for Tamasha Theatre Company's new production
The House of Bilquis Bibi, which premieres
at Hampstead Theatre from 22 July - 14 August,
2010. Directed by Kristine Landon-Smith, it
tells the story of a widow obsessed with upholding
her family's reputation while her five daughters
dream only of finding love.
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| Tamasha
Theatre Company celebrates its 21st Birthday
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Groundbreaking
theatre company Tamasha kicks off its 21st
Birthday year with 'Propeller', an intensive
artist training initiative. The company was
founded in 1989 by director Kristine Landon-Smith
and actor/playwright Sudha Bhuchar to bring
contemporary work of Asian influence to the
British stage and has produced 19 new plays.
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