Miranda, a Bollywood wannabe, graces a bar in Goa, hoping to snare the golden opportunity of being discovered in "proper" English theatre - "with real Shakespeare lines, yaar!" Ferdie walks in. He is part of a British theatre troupe performing The Tempest and is seeking a suitable ‘Miranda’, the original actor having packed off. Miranda is wooed by Ferdinand, but the languid heat of Goa begins to offer surprising twists to Shakespeare's story. As Miranda soon discovers, the illusion of spirit and sorcery is not only confined to the stage!

Miranda combines Indian and contemporary dance, music and text to evoke a story of sex, desire and revenge in Goa. Performed by an actor/dancer, ANKUR BAHL (BBC’s Jump Nation, Rifco’s hit musical, Britain’s Got Bhangra, and DV8’s Olivier-nominated To Be Straight With You). Ankur Bahl is accompanied by two live musicians, Danyal Dhondy & Swagat Biswas.

Farrukh Dhondy, raconteur and boulevardier, writes novels, articles, short stories, television sitcoms, dramas and screenplays. His numerous credits include: Tandoori Nights (TV series) King of the Ghetto (4 –episode drama), and Come to Mecca (six part series for BBC where one play, ‘Romance, Romance’ won Samuel Beckett Award for ‘Best Play’). His novels include East End at Your Feet, Poona Company, Bombay Duck and The Bikini Murders. He wrote the definitive biography of novelist and philosopher, C.L.R. James (C.L.R. James: Cricket, The Caribbean and World Revolution). His plays have been performed in UK & India (Mama Dragon, Vigilantes, Kipling Sahib & Karna). Screenplays include: The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, Red Mercury. He was educated in Poona & Cambridge and has worked as a teacher and was a Channel 4 Commissioning Editor for Multicultural Programmes from 1987 – 1997).

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