Join us at Queen Mary for an evening of discussion and conversation about the future of British South Asian theatre, with the creators and featured writers from the new podcast The Next Act: British South Asian Playwrights: www.thenextact.co.uk
The past decade has seen a resurgence of British South Asian theatre, with a new generation of playwrights, whose work speaks to contemporary themes and stories, coming into the spotlight. These writers are not only making their mark on the contemporary stage, but also responding to the legacy of the British South Asian theatre canon, reworking its themes, challenging its limits, and forging new theatrical languages for a changing world. Their work reflects urgent questions for theatre makers and audiences: how theatre speaks from, to, and with British Asian communities; how identity is shaped and reshaped through performance; and how stories rooted in specific experiences can resonate far beyond them.
At this event on Tuesday 8th July, the hosts of the podcast will be joined by the writers from series 1 of the podcast, British Asian theatre workers and professionals, and a public audience of theatre lovers and audiences, to collectively discuss the future of British South Asian Theatre. The event is open to all those who self identify as British Asian. The featured writers are:
Mohamed-Zain Dada
Azma Dar
Sonali Bhattacharyya
Iman Qureshi
Neil D'Souza
Waleed Akhtar
Satinder Chohan
Naylah Ahmed
The event will run as a ‘long-table’ format. An open-ended, non-hierarchical format for participation which invites everyone in the room to the discussion. (https://www.split-britches.com/long-table). Following the discussion there will be a drinks reception to celebrate the launch of the podcast.
The event will run from 4-6pm in the Pinter Studio in Queen Mary's Arts One Building. It is fully accessible. Please get in touch with Dr Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal with any queries: j.blackwell-pal@qmul.ac.uk
Please Note: The event will discuss the podcast project and its findings, and you will be invited to share your reflections having heard the podcasts. The conversations that take place at this event will be edited into a 45 minute – 1-hour podcast episode which will mark the end of the project. You will be asked to sign a consent form to allow us to record and use your voice from the event. Please read the attached document in full before attending: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k9GcVu_AoXjbu0o4lfXnYJb00GHzFq6Z/