By Sayan Kent Set in a world not so far in the future when identity cards are compulsory and people are validated only by their digital ID in the National Database. But the system is crumbling. Identities are being accidentally lost, corrupted and even deleted. Identity fraud is endemic. But the all-powerful system still decides […]

Two plays in one publication Bells By Yasmin Whittaker-Khan Bells takes us into the seedy world of Mujra (courtesan) clubs, a centuries-old tradition in Pakistan which is now growing in Britain. A butcher’s shop by day and a brothel by night, Bells has all the sparkle of Lollywood (the Pakistani film industry) but the glitz […]

By Shelley Silas In a crumbling Calcutta home, two sisters are forced to come to terms with their mother’s secret history. In this funny and moving play, award-winning writer Shelley Silas examines how family and culture, time and distance, influence our sense of who we are. Set in the Indian Jewish community, it explores conflicts […]

By Rukhsana Ahmad Reversing the usual refugee story clichés, Homing Birds shares the hopes, fears and aspirations of a young man searching for a place in which he feels he truly belongs. Young Afghan refugee Saeed desperately wants to reconnect with his roots and find his long-lost sister. So he leaves his adoptive family in […]

By Naylah Ahmed A vivid and compelling thriller about belief and retribution. Mustafa is in prison for the death of a teenage boy during an exorcism. Racked with guilt at the loss of an innocent life and isolated in a world where his beliefs are constantly challenged, he’s trying to avoid trouble. But when prisoners […]

By Aamina Ahmad When war hero Colonel Tariq joins the intelligence service, his rise to the top seems assured. But during his first case investigating an alleged murder by a CIA agent, a diplomatic crisis erupts and angry mobs take to the streets. As professional ambition and private life collide, Tariq must make a life-changing […]

A chilling psychological horror story for our time Mehrosh, a celebrated student activist has been invited to an isolated house in the middle of a forest to take part in a debate with a powerful political adversary from the ruling party.  It’s a chance to make her voice heard.  But fearful of the coming conflict, […]

By Sharmila Chauhan It’s Aya’s wedding day. Her third. Her current two husbands aren’t too fussed. In a society in which there are few women, that’s normal. But, as the household prepares for the wedding feast, a stranger arrives – one who threatens to challenge everything they believe in. Against a backdrop of modern rural […]

Published by Methuen to mark our 30th anniversary this is a new book of 30 monologues and duologues spoken by South Asian characters designed to be performed by actors from a South Asian/dual heritage background in auditions, workshops, and acting classes. Adapted from the rich collection of full-length plays by women writers of South Asian […]

By Amber Lone Deema is a good daughter and a loving sister. It’s her family that’s the problem. In their back garden in Birmingham, her mum Zainab is nurturing plants from Kashmir and her dad Rafique is day-dreaming of million-pound homes in the Cotswolds.  Out on the streets, her mixed up brother Tariq is rapidly […]