British South Asian Theatres: A Documented History

British South Asian theatre has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty years, but despite its remarkable achievements it has remained largely uncharted. This book aims to reverse that neglect. The book has its origins in a four-year research project at the University of Exeter that set out to document the presence of South Asians on the British stage, from magicians of the C19th through to the new generations of British theatre artists of South Asian extraction. The research has drawn on unpublished archives and an extensive series of interviews on the history of British Asian theatre-making. An accompanying DVD will provide an album of historical documents, programmes, designs, photographs, and clips from archival recordings of rehearsals and productions. The development of many British Asian-led companies of the last thirty years, including Tara Arts, Tamasha and Kali, is covered in detail in this title. See Contents on next page for full list of companies covered in detail in the book.