Photos: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS At Theatre Royal Bath
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2025
See first look photos of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at Theatre Royal Bath where it plays until 25 January 2025, before touring to Chichester, Malvern, Cheltenham, Oxford, Guildford, Canterbury, and Richmond.
Review: SILENCE, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - Apr 24, 2024
“Old friends in the morning, then wanting us dead in the afternoon”, says one of the men in Silence, repeating the line over and over. Decades after the event, he still can’t understand the speed at which hate and violence ignited in the wake of the 1947 Partition of India.
Cast Set For the UK Tour of SILENCE
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2024
Tara Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK tour of Silence. Iqbal Khan will direct Tia Dutt, Alexandra D’sa, Aaron Gill, Mamta Kash, Asif Khan, alongside Bhasker Patel who returns to the production.
Cast Of Birmingham Rep's TARTUFFE Head To Stratford Road
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 10, 2022
Ahead of opening night this Friday (14 Oct), cast members from Birmingham Rep's upcoming production of Tartuffe headed out to Sparkhill's famous Stratford Road, where this new version of the classic comedy is set.
Full Cast Announced For Iqbal Khan's TARTUFFE At Birmingham Rep
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2022
Birmingham Rep has announced that following a smash-hit run in the RSC in 2019, the acclaimed and updated RSC production of Molière's classic Tartuffe will transfer to its spiritual home at the Rep this autumn, running from 14 October - 5 November.
JABALA AND THE JINN Comes To Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2022
Writer Asif Khan, an award-winning playwright and actor, is passionate about creating stories drawing on his own experience of growing up as a Muslim in Britain. He is particularly keen to represent Muslim characters and communities in stories for younger audiences.
Photos: First Look at the UK Tour of JABALA AND THE JINN
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2022
Award-winning playwright and actor Asif Khan is taking his show Jabala and the Jinn on a UK tour this spring. This poignant family production was developed with young British Muslim actors and explores grief and friendship through the eyes of young Jabala.
Asif Khan's JABALA AND THE JINN to Tour in Spring 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2021
Award-winning playwright and actor Asif Khan is taking his show Jabala and the Jinn on a UK tour this spring. This poignant family production was developed with young British Muslim actors and explores grief and friendship through the eyes of young Jabala.
Tara Theatre Announces Casting For '2020'
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2021
Tara Theatre has announced casting for 2020, 12 new stories from 12 writers (3 international and 9 from across England) responding to the challenges of 2020 and 2021, but from a completely local perspective. 2020 features in Abdul Shayek's first programme as Artistic Director for the newly rebranded Tara Theatre.
Artistic Director Abdul Shayek Announces His First Season For Tara Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2021
Abdul Shayek has today announced his first programme for the newly rebranded Tara Theatre. Tara Theatre is the UK's longest established Asian, Black and ethnically diverse led theatre company. Shayek was appointed in August 2020, beginning a bold new chapter at a moment that has led to unequivocal consensus that things urgently need to change.
Belgrade Theatre Announces JABALA AND THE JINN
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2021
Jabala and the Jinn tells the story of schoolgirl Jabala. A few months have passed since Jabala's mum died and her dad is struggling. One morning, she hears a voice speaking to her in Arabic – but there's no one there. Could it be her mum? Has she imagined it?
Winners Announced for Inaugural Box of Tricks & Sky Studios Screen/Play Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2021
Box of Tricks and Sky Studios have announced that the two winners of the inaugural Screen/Play Award are Conway McDermott and Sarah Tarbit. Each writer will be awarded £10,250 to write a 70-minute stage play and a 20-minute screenplay inspired by a single central idea to be developed with support from the two partners throughout 2021.