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 […]

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 […]

It’s International Women’s Day and we’re celebrating by reflecting on the wonderful achievements by the women of Kali. We’ve championed plays by women of South Asian descent since 1991 and we don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. As this day marks a celebration of women and their right to equality, Kali will continue to give […]

Shelley King shares her thoughts all on things Kali related. Check out the video and get some further insights into what Kali is all about:    

Friday 22 February marked the first of our inaugural Discovery Showcases. At the end of 2018 we launched our Discovery Programme in collaboration with Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Leicester Curve and London’s Pleasance Theatre, with the aim to uncover 12 emerging writers of South Asian descent. We couldn’t have hoped for a better result with two sold-out performances at The Pleasance. We […]