Due to COVID-19, our HOME festival is now cancelled. But we will be presenting the script-in-hand performances in November alongside our Autumn production – which we will be announcing very soon, so keep your eyes peeled! You can read more about the Home Festival here Keep well and stay safe, Team Kali

We asked writer Farhana Shaikh to share her experiences and thoughts of life in Leicester under localised lockdown. We send our support and solidarity to all our friends in Leicester as they endure this second lockdown. About Farhana Farhana was a writer on our 2018/19 Discovery programme and contributed to our Discovery Podcasts with a recording […]

We will be in London, Leeds and Oldham looking for new writing talent. Learn more about our Discovery programme here. You can also sign up to our newsletter and be the first to find out about future opportunities.

We are delighted to announce that Homing Birds has been published by Aurora Metro Treat yourself to an early holiday present, buy your copy today!

We are delighted to introduce the writers for our 2020 Festival Programme. HOME will showcase some of our most exciting, established South Asian women playwrights exploring, challenging and reimagining the concept of home…

Lakshnie was a writer on Kali Theatre’s Discovery Programme in 2018. We’re so pleased that her new piece ‘The Long Way Home’ was recently chosen for Tamasha’s event Over To You, a scratch night showcasing bold new writing. Congratulations Lakshnie!

Kali is delighted to announce the appointment of Sita Thomas as resident associate director on a three month bursary this autumn. Sita previously worked with Kali on our London Discovery Programme and as associate director on our 2017 production of BITCHED by Sharon Raizada. She returns to us fresh from her success as staff director on […]

KALI DISCOVERIES Sisters and Secrets; Coming Out and Coming Clean! Following the success of our inaugural Discovery programme in Birmingham, Leicester & London, we’re taking four Discovery plays to Fly Festival in Bristol on 22 June Script-in-hand performances of four striking short plays by newly discovered talented South Asian women writers Chip Butty Chapati by Martha Pothen provides […]