Tamasha Theatre Company

Tamasha Theatre Company

Tamasha is a British theatre company led by director Kristine Landon-Smith and actor / playwright Sudha Bhuchar. The company was established in 1989 with a mission to bring contemporary drama of Asian influence to the British stage.

Productions

*2006 "Child of the Divide" by Sudha Bhuchar
*2006 "A Fine Balance" adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith from the novel by Rohinton Mistry
*2005 "The Trouble with Asian Men" created by Sudha Bhuchar, Kristine Landon-Smith and Louise Wallinger
*2003 "All I Want is a British Passport" by Nadim Sawahla
*2003 "Strictly Dandia" by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
*2002 "Ryman and the Sheikh" by Sudha Bhuchar, Kristine Landon-Smith, Chris Ryman, Rehan Sheikh and Richard Vranch
*2001 "Ghostdancing" by Deepak Verma based on Emile Zola's Thérèse Raquin
*1999 "Balti Kings" by Sudha Buchar and Shaheen Khan
*1998 "Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral"adapted from the film "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" by Kristine Landon-Smith and Sudha Bhuchar
*1997 "A Tainted Dawn" by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
*1996 "East is East" by Ayub Khan-Din
*1995 "A Yearning" adapted from Federico García Lorca’s "Yerma" by Ruth Carter
*1994 "A Shaft of Sunlight" by Abhijat Joshi
*1992 "Women of the Dust" by Ruth Carter
*1991 "House of the Sun" adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith from Meira Chand’s novel
*1989 "Untouchable" adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith from the novel by Mulk Raj Anand

External reference

* [http://www.tamasha.org.uk/ Tamasha Theatre Company website]


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