Youkti Patel as Shakuntala in Wuthering Heights, 2009 ›

Past Productions

Auntie Netta's Holiday for Asylum

2011

Nimmi Harasgama's one-woman comedy is a fresh satire on politics, immigration and Auntie's experience of living in the UK ›
The Trouble with Asian Men

2011

Tamasha's cult verbatim comedy is back, touring as part of a double bill with Auntie Netta ›
The House of Bilquis Bibi

2010

Tamasha celebrated its 21st year with a new adaptation of Lorca's masterpiece, The House of Bernarda Alba ›
Wuthering Heights

2009

The desert of Rajasthan is the setting for this irresistible musical version of Emily Brontë’s tale of passion, jealousy and revenges ›
Back Chat (short film)

2008

A short film improvised by Kristine Landon-Smith and her children in a three hour drive around Sydney's suburbs ›
Sweet Cider

2008

A community is in crisis. Two Pakistani girls have run from their families: one is hunted, the other forgotten ›
Lyrical MC

2008

The diversity in our schools brings with it new sounds, as cultures, dialects and forms of expression mix, merge and collide ›
Child of the Divide

2006

When his fingers slip away from his father’s hand, one boy’s destiny changes forever ›
A Fine Balance

2006

India 1975, and a callous government declares a State of Emergency. Adapted from the novel by Rohinton Mistry ›
The Trouble with Asian Men

2005

Macho men or metrosexual guys? Mummy's boys tied to the apron strings, or husbands under the thumb ›
Midnight Feast (short film)

2004

Tamasha's first short film takes a glimpse into the unseen world inside a Birmingham balti house ›
All I Want is a British Passport

2003

A satirical one-man show charting Mohamed Al Fayed’s defiant clashes with an unwelcoming British government in his quest for citizenship ›
Strictly Dandia

2003

Exploring cultural differences between the generations, embodied in the love story between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy ›
Ryman and the Sheikh

2002

Sheikh, the portly prince of Pakistani primetime, comes face to face with Ryman, the gangly geezer from the urban ghetto ›
Ghostdancing

2001

A classic tale of adultery and murder, skilfully transposed to a small town in present day Punjab. Based on Emile Zola's Thérèse Raquin ›
Balti Kings

1999

In Birmingham’s Balti Land, Indian restaurants ruthlessly compete for custom, and curry wars rage with price slashing and chef poaching ›
Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings...

1998 / 2001

Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral, an enchanting love story lavishly told in true Bollywood style ›
A Tainted Dawn

1997

The stories of ordinary people who found themselves trapped on the wrong side of hastily drawn borders during the partition of India ›
East is East

1996

Tamasha's critically acclaimed play often cited as playing a key role in bringing Asian culture into the British mainstream ›
A Yearning

1995

A transposition of Lorca's classic to Britain's Punjabi community ›
A Shaft of Sunlight

1994

Exploring the marriage conflict between a Hindu and a Muslim, against the backdrop of the explosive communal politics of India ›
Women of the Dust

1992

A bold portrayal of migrant Indian life, commissioned by Oxfam to mark their 50th anniversary ›
House of the Sun

1991

Following generations of inhabitants inf a block of flats in Bombay. From the novel by Meira Chand ›
Untouchable

1989

Tamasha's debut explored the treatment of India’s lowest classes against a backdrop of tremendous political upheaval in India ›

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