About
We commissioned and created Kali SOLOS, 15 short films written by Kali writers in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The full Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter series of SOLOS were performed and recorded in isolation by Kali actors.
Featured SOLOS
Me and Ed by Atiha Sen Gupta
This gripping monologue explores the significance of the statue of Edward Colston being torn down by Black Lives Matter demonstrators through the eyes of an Indo-Caribbean woman. Me and Ed is published in THIRTY our book of monologues and duologues for South Asian actors. THIRTY is available to buy from the Kali Script Shop.
The Last Clap by Nessah Muthy
Programmed as part of The Space UK’s 2020 online festival of new work, this short film charts the first ten weeks of lockdown and follows an actor from the last round of applause from her theatre audience to the last Thursday clap for care workers after she crosses the frontline to work in a care home.
‘I am proud to have been able to commission 15 incredible writers across this time – women with different personal and professional experience, who have responded to the world around us in unique and heartfelt ways. The 15 SOLOS speak to us all, revealing the personal along with the universal, holding a mirror to the times we are living through.’
Helena Bell, Artistic Director, Kali Theatre and Artistic Director of SOLOS.
The four series features monologues written by Rukhsana Ahmad, Satinder Chohan, Martha Pothen, Shelley Silas, Miriam Babooram, Alia Bano, Kiran Benawra, Sharmila Chauhan, Veronica Dewan, Bettina Gracias, Emteaz Hussain, Sarah Isaac, Sayan Kent, Nessah Muthy, and Atiha Sen Gupta.
