India, 1975, and a callous government has declared a State of Emergency.

In these uncertain times, Dina Dalal - a spirited Parsi widow determined to avoid a second marriage - takes a student boarder and two Hindu tailors into her ramshackle flat, determined to retain financial independence and to avoid a second marriage.

As the Government's Emergency programme of slum clearances and mass sterilisations upturns the lives of ordinary people throughout the country, the unlikely four strangers find themselves crossing divided of caste, class and religion to form the most unexpected of friendships. Yet the cannot remain untouched by the horrors of the Emergency which ultimately force each character to find their own fine balance between hope and despair.

Through arresting visual imagery, evocative sound and an ensemble of eight actors, Tamasha vividly captures an astonishing moment in India's history with a tender story of exceptional human spirit.

First published in 1995, Rohinton Mistry's 'A Fine Balance' received high critical acclaim. It won both the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

ABOUT THE CAST & CREW

Starring: Sudha Buchar, Sagar Arya, Shiv Grewal, Divian Ladwa, Narinder Samra, Amit Sharma and Sameena Zehra.
Directed by Kristine Landon-Smith
Design by Sue Mayes
Original Score by Felix Cross
Lighting Design by Natasha Chivers
Movement by Lawrence Evans
Sound Design by Mike Furness
Puppets created by Lindy Wright.

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