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 […]

Our latest Kali production, Nessah Muthy’s Sundowning has come to a close. We are so pleased to have worked on such a wonderful production, and even more pleased to have worked with such a lovely team of people.Here’s a few of our favourite production photos to wrap up a great run:

The ever so talented Iman Qureshi spoke to The Stage about her experience in writing and getting into theatre. She speaks a bit about Kali and we’d be lying if we said we weren’t very proud. Good luck to Iman, we are so excited to see what you do next! Read the full The Stage […]

Congratulations to all of the chosen applicants for our Kali Discovery Programme!

Congratulations to playwright, composer and actor Sayan Kent for having had an except of her opera, Red Seed produced as part of The Arcola’s prestigious Grimeborn Programme. Last summer Sayan attended a week-long workshop run by the Royal Opera House/Opera Up North/ Lyric Hammersmith for BAME artists interested in creating opera. Since then the group […]

Huge congratulations to Kali Artistic Associate Pooja Ghai for winning the 2018 Eastern Eye Award for Best Director for her work on Tanika Gupta’s play Lion and Tigers.  

Winner of the 2018 Papatango prize is writer Iman Qureshi with her play THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR. The play will receive its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse from 31st October – 24th November 2018. We are so proud of Iman & can’t wait to see the show!