Young Afghan refugee Saeed desperately wants to reconnect with his roots and find his long-lost sister. So he leaves his adoptive family in London and returns home to Kabul to work as a doctor, eager to contribute to rebuilding a new Afghanistan. But here past and present collide and Saeed must face up to the […]

KALI DISCOVERIES Sisters and Secrets; Coming Out and Coming Clean! Script-in-hand performances of four striking short plays by newly discovered talented South Asian women writers Chip Butty Chapati by Martha Pothen provides a funny, warm hearted depiction of a dual heritage mother and daughter relationship Halima by Sabiha Mank takes an unsettling look at the […]

What is the true cost of care? When Alyssa returns home from prison she’s devastated to find her aunt has put her beloved grandmother Betty in a care home. Determined to give Betty one last jolly, jingle filled holiday and recapture happy childhood memories, Alyssa kidnaps Betty and the pair embark on a campervan road […]

A season of seven staged readings of compelling new plays inspired by women’s experiences of global conflict spanning Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Tibet, Bangladesh and occupied France. WAR Plays was developed to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the Second World War. Some of our best […]

Ali is a new mum, loving wife and successful hair stylist. Two years after her son’s birth, things aren’t going to plan. She is stuck in a shabby local salon trying to make ends meet. Husband Rob is so intent on making it as an artist, he barely notices. Their luck seems to change when […]