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SAKSHI
ARTS PRESENT 'QUEST', 24 -26 OCTOBER 2008 |
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Quest is a tale of greed, ambition, lust and the pursuit of happiness.
Aziz,
a young man from Pakistan arrives in London in the hope of a better
life. Javed takes him under his wing and helps him find a job in a
restaurant. Aziz has big dreams, but in order to make them come true,
needs legal status to live in the UK.
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'SWEET
CIDER' BY TAMASHA THEATRE CO., 22 OCT - 15 NOV 2008 |
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Two
Pakistani girls run from their families, leaving a community in crisis.
Their bid for freedom has led them to an Asian women's refuge in a
nearby Northern town. But the girls soon ask themselves how sweet
freedom really is. Emteaz Hussain's debut play is based, in part,
on her own experiences of running away as a teenager.
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IT
AIN'T ALL BOLLYWOOD: UK TOUR 21 OCT - 15 NOV 2008 |
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After
the succes of 'The Deranged Marriage' and 'There's Something About
Simmy', Rifco Arts present 'It Ain't All Bollywood', a studio comedy-drama
about duty and love. This is the story of Kiran, who escapes into
the colourful world of Bollywood to hide from the harshness of her
surroundings and her overbearing neurotic mother.
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NEEV
THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS 'PARTY', 11 - 17 OCTOBER |
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Set
at an evening at a party thrown by leading socialite, Mrs. Indira
Sinha to honour novelist, Dibakar Banerjee who has been widely praised
for his recent work. The get-together begins cordially with social
pleasantries but as the evening progresses the guests mask of
sophistication falls away to reveal their true colours!
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SRISHTI
'PLAY BALL': UK TOUR 9 OCTOBER - 14 NOVEMBER 2008 |
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Play
Ball, a triple bill of short pieces from a male-dominated cast,
is about Lads' Culture and shows off what the lads do
when at work, when at play and when in love
and boy do our
lads love to show off! The use of complex footwork that Bharatanatyam
and football share makes a testosterone charged peacock like display
of skill.
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KANYADAAN,
4 OCTOBER - 22 NOVEMBER 2008 |
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Kanyadaan
is a gripping drama about a daughter marrying an unsuitable
boy' and the forces this decision unleashes within the family. The
play is set against the background of the caste system and charts
the story of a daughter's transformation into a wife and a mother.
How relevant is this for the world we live in today?
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UNIONBLACK,
11 SEPTEMBER - 12 NOVEMBER 2008 |
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To
coincide with the current debates about national identity, the Drums
UnionBlack season explores through the medium of art and cultural
activities, the notion of what it truly means to be British. What
makes Britain so quintessentially British? Is it our love for tea,
the Queen, Cricket or roast dinners? Or is this notion of Britishness
fast becoming obsolete?
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THE
FIFTH CUP UK TOUR: 8 SEPTEMBER - 8 NOVEMBER 2008 |
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'The
Fifth Cup', gives a poignant insight into caste discrimination within
the British-Asian community. The story is about fifteen year old Amrit
Singh who, along with the rest of his family, moves to a new city
to make a fresh start. All is going well until Amrit makes a shocking
discovery about his past. From then on his world is turned upside
down.
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