Tamasha turns 21

It was 1989 when director Kristine Landon-Smith and writer/actress Sudha Bhuchar came together to stage an adaptation of Mulk Raj Anand’s novel Untouchable at London’s Riverside Studios. As we enter our 21st year, Kristine and Sudha's artistic partnership remains at the heart of Tamasha.

Here are just some of the events taking place during our birthday year, showing the scope of Tamasha's work today and our vision for the future in an ever-changing Britain.

Propeller

February - March 2010
This unique artist training initiative brought together over 30 artists to develop four new plays currently under commission by Tamasha.

Propeller culminated in a week of sold-out performances at the Gate Theatre. Find out more about the plays, the project and the participating artists at the Propeller blog.
 

The Arrival

April - May 2010
We begin the countdown to our 2012 project: a theatre-circus production based on Shaun Tan’s graphic novel The Arrival, developed in collaboration with The Circus Space. Over the next three years, we will be commissioning three artists to create standalone pieces inspired by themes of migration, which can add layers of material and interpretation to the show in development. As the first of these, we welcome sound and visual artist Oswaldo Macia to work on Drawing the Line - click here.
 

auntie netta's Holiday for Asylum

May 2010
Have you met auntie netta? Following her successful apprearance at our Start Night at Hampstead Theatre in December, we are pleased to be producing Nimmi Harasgama's one-woman show based on the online sensation.

Directed by Amit Sharma, auntie netta's Holiday for Asylum features as part of Battersea Arts Centre's Scratch Festival in May - click here for more details.
 

The House of Bilquis Bibi

July - October 2010
Our flagship show for the year, co-produced with Harrogate Theatre, sees Lorca’s 1936 drama The House of Bernarda Alba retold in present-day Pakistan. Sudha Bhuchar's poetic adaptation is a personal yet subtly political drama about small town lives with global ties.

The show premieres at Hampstead Theatre from 22 July - 14 August 2010 before embarking on a UK tour in September and October, including dates in Harrogate, Oldham and Coventry. Tickets for London are on sale from Monday 15 March - you can book online at the Hampstead Theatre website.  
 

...and more

Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about other events taking place during the birthday year, including platform talks and discussions, a new blog from Kristine, an online photo album chronicling Tamasha's 21 years in pictures and the launch of Tamasha Network, a new online community for theatre artists and organisations to connect and collaborate.