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 […]

KALI THEATRE is recruiting… ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kali Theatre is seeking a bold, visionary Artistic Director to lead the company’s next exciting chapter. For over 30 years Kali Theatre has championed new theatre writing for women writers of South Asian heritage. We develop and present thought-provoking contemporary work that reflects and challenges our world today. As […]

Kali is looking for two exceptional short scripts that explore the theme of Climate Crisis. We’re looking for bold, original, thought-provoking writing to be developed into a 20 minute play and presented at a Climate Theatre Festival we are producing with other global majority theatre companies in March 2025.   Selected writers will be offered: […]

Share our bright and spacious office in The Albany – Deptford’s bustling theatre, arts and community hub. There are 3 desk spaces available as well an area with sofas and a coffee table.  It’s bright and airy – big windows and high ceilings.  The office is on the first floor, there is an accessible lift. […]

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – King Troll Kali Theatre is looking for an Assistant Director We are looking for an Assistant Director for our Autumn 2024 production of King Troll by Sonali Bhattacharyya – A chilling dystopian tale about the corrosive impact of state racism and the monster within two migrant sisters. (Finalist Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023). […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]