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News: Home Festival

Due to COVID-19, our HOME festival has been cancelled. But it will be returning October 2021 so watch this space! In the meantime, we can’t present any live productions, but we have been creating a digital mini series of monologues, Kali SOLOS. Written by Kali writers in response to the current crisis, and performed and […]

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Kamila Shamsie is our new patron…

Kali is thrilled to welcome the internationally acclaimed novelist Kamila Shamsie as our new patron. We look forward to sharing our future work and continuing to celebrate the achievements of South Asian women writers across the UK and beyond. “It’s an honour to have my name attached, as Patron, to the ground breaking Kali Theatre, […]

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Dramaturgy Placement Opportunity

Kali’s brand new 2023 Dramaturgy Placement A unique paid professional development opportunity for emerging script editors to gain experience working with writers alongside professional dramaturgs on the development of new plays We are looking for an early-stage, aspiring dramaturg to join our DISCOVERY project.  This is an opportunity for those working with new writing who […]

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Assistant Director Opportunity

Kali Theatre is looking for an Assistant Director We are looking for an Assistant Director for our Autumn 2023 production of Phantasmagoria at Southwark Playhouse and on tour. This is a professional development opportunity for early career women or non-binary afab theatre directors from a South Asian background*. *At least one parent must be descended from the […]

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Interview with Neetu Singh

“Our show encapsulates the joy, sadness and beauty of Noor Inayat Khan – the WWII hero Britain never taught us about” Assistant Director Neetu Singh shares her experience working on Noor 1. Describe your role I have two main responsibilities: creative and administrative. I watch and assist in rehearsals, contributing to the director’s creative decisions […]

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Assistant Director Opportunity

  We are looking for an Assistant Director for our production of Noor at Southwark Playhouse in November 2022. This is a professional development opportunity for early career theatre directors. Written by Azma Dar and directed by Poonam Brah, Noor is the inspirational and moving true story of Noor Inayat Khan, a WW2 undercover wireless […]

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Interview with Atiha Sen Gupta

Writer-mentor Atiha Sen Gupta shares her experience working on Discovery 1. What has been your experience working on Discovery? I’ve worked on Discovery as a mentor twice now and it has been incredibly fulfilling. I’ve worked closely with 8 fantastic new South Asian women writers all telling nuanced stories about their lives – a far […]

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Visit the Kali Script Shop!

Kali scripts are available to buy from our Script Shop – including our new publication THIRTY, a collection of monologues and duologues for South Asian actors.   Visit the Script Shop now

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Watch our documentary

At our 30th Birthday celebration we premiered a short documentary about the company’s origins and why it has become so important to so many actors and women writers of South Asian descent. The film includes interviews with four of the many writers Kali has championed.

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