Critical Essays on British South Asian Theatre
By (author) Graham Ley By (author) Sarah Dadswell Contributions by Rukhsana Ahmad Contributions by Suman Bhuchar Contributions by Giovanna Buonanno Contributions by Colin Chambers Contributions by Claire Cochrane Contributions by Jerri Daboo Contributions by Sarah Dadswell Contributions by Dominic Hingorani Contributions by Anuradha Kapur Contributions by Naseem Khan Contributions by Chandrika Patel Contributions by Shanu Sadhwani Contributions by Victoria Sams Contributions by Christiane Schlote Contributions by Rajni Shah Contributions by Alda Terracciano
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(April 2012)
ISBN: 9780859898355
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This volume is an edited collection of critical essays on British Asian theatre. It includes contributions from a number of researchers who have been active in the field for a substantial period of time.
This volume is an edited collection of critical essays on British Asian theatre. It includes contributions from a number of researchers who have been active in the field for a substantial period of time. This title is complemented by British South Asian Theatres: A Documented History by the same authors, also available from University of Exeter Press.
List of Illustrations Contributors Introduction 1. British Asian Theatre: the Long Road to Now, and the Barriers in-between, Naseem Khan 2. Images on Stage: a Historical Survey of South Asians in British Theatre before 1975, Colin Chambers 3. Bridging Divides: the Emergence of Bilingual Theatre in Tower Hamlets in the 1980s, Susan Croft 4. Experiments in Theatre from the Margins: Text, Performance and New Writers, Rukhsana Ahmad 5. Dramatising Refuge(e)s: Rukhsana Ahmad's Song for a Sanctuary and Tanika Gupta's Sanctuary, Christiane Schlote 6. Directing Storytelling Performance and Storytelling Theatre, Chris Banfield 7. Engaging the Audience: a Comparative Analysis of Developmental Strategies in Birmingham and Leicester since the 1990s, Claire Cochrane 8. Patriarchy and Its Discontents: the 'Kitchen-Sink Drama' of Tamasha Theatre Company, Victoria Sams 9. The Marketing of Commercial and Subsidised Theatre to British Asian Audiences: Tamasha's Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral (1998 and 2001) and Bombay Dreams (2002), Suman Bhuchar 10. Mixing with the Mainstream: Transgressing the Identity of Place, Jerri Daboo 11. Between Page and Stage: Meera Syal in British Asian Culture, Giovanna Buonanno 12. Imagine, Indiaah ... on the British Stage: Exploring Tara's 'Binglish' and Tamasha's Brechtian Approaches, Chandrika Patel 13. British Asian Live Art: motiroti, Stephen Hodge 14. On the Making of Mr Quiver, Rajni Shah Notes Bibliography Index ,
List of Illustrations Contributors
Introduction
1. British Asian Theatre: the Long Road to Now, and the Barriers in-between, Naseem Khan
2. Images on Stage: a Historical Survey of South Asians in British Theatre before 1975, Colin Chambers
3. Bridging Divides: the Emergence of Bilingual Theatre in Tower Hamlets in the 1980s, Susan Croft
4. Experiments in Theatre from the Margins: Text, Performance and New Writers, Rukhsana Ahmad
5. Dramatising Refuge(e)s: Rukhsana Ahmad’s Song for a Sanctuary and Tanika Gupta’s Sanctuary, Christiane Schlote
6. Directing Storytelling Performance and Storytelling Theatre, Chris Banfield
7. Engaging the Audience: a Comparative Analysis of Developmental Strategies in Birmingham and Leicester since the 1990s, Claire Cochrane
8. Patriarchy and Its Discontents: the ‘Kitchen-Sink Drama’ of Tamasha Theatre Company, Victoria Sams
9. The Marketing of Commercial and Subsidised Theatre to British Asian Audiences: Tamasha’s Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral (1998 and 2001) and Bombay Dreams (2002), Suman Bhuchar
10. Mixing with the Mainstream: Transgressing the Identity of Place, Jerri Daboo
11. Between Page and Stage: Meera Syal in British Asian Culture, Giovanna Buonanno
12. Imagine, Indiaah ... on the British Stage: Exploring Tara’s ‘Binglish’ and Tamasha’s Brechtian Approaches, Chandrika Patel
13. British Asian Live Art: motiroti, Stephen Hodge
14. On the Making of Mr Quiver, Rajni Shah
Notes
Bibliography
Index
- By (author) Graham Ley
- By (author) Sarah Dadswell
- Contributions by Rukhsana Ahmad
- Contributions by Suman Bhuchar
- Contributions by Giovanna Buonanno
- Contributions by Colin Chambers
- Contributions by Claire Cochrane
- Contributions by Jerri Daboo
- Contributions by Sarah Dadswell
- Contributions by Dominic Hingorani
- Contributions by Anuradha Kapur
- Contributions by Naseem Khan
- Contributions by Chandrika Patel
- Contributions by Shanu Sadhwani
- Contributions by Victoria Sams
- Contributions by Christiane Schlote
- Contributions by Rajni Shah
- Contributions by Alda Terracciano
"These two books do all of us interested in the evolution of British theatre a valuable service" "These two books are complementary, accessible, rigorous and an exciting read." "the editors and contributors have succeeded in bringing the uninterrupted history of South Asian theatre in this country, in all its multifaceted glory, into the light." Theatre Notebook, Volume 67(2), 2013, Hassan Mahamdallie)
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‘These two books do all of us interested in the evolution of British theatre a valuable service’
‘These two books are complementary, accessible, rigorous and an exciting read.’
‘the editors and contributors have succeeded in bringing the uninterrupted history of South Asian theatre in this country, in all its multifaceted glory, into the light.’ (Theatre Notebook, Volume 67(2), 2013, Hassan Mahamdallie)
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