Determined to reconnect with his past and obsessed with memories of his long-lost brother, young Afghan refugee Saeed Khattak ventures from London to Kabul.  He is soon caught up in the paranoia, suspicion and violence of contemporary Afghanistan.  Forced to travel from Kabul to Kunduz he must face up to the realities of a changed world.

Director/Dramaturg – Helena Bell

Read an interview with Rukhsana Ahmad here

Princess, musician and writer of children’s stories, Noor was recruited by the British Special Operations Executive during World War 2 and sent to Occupied France on a deadly mission as an undercover wireless operator.  After the war, the senior officer in charge of recruiting female agents meets the German Major responsible for hunting them, and they piece together Noor’s story- one of determination, courage and the power of the imagination.

Read an interview with Azma Dar here

Director Poonam Brah

Read an interview with Poonam here 

The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War triggered genocide, a huge refugee crisis and the mass rape of women and girls. Hecuba Birangona draws on the myths of Hecuba and The Trojan women to tell the story of five women being held in a prison camp.  They have survived the war but as the Indian Army and Freedom fighters approach they must get through one last day…

Director / Dramaturg – Tessa Walker    

Read an interview with writer Sayan Kent here

Layla, a young Afghan woman living in London, is told by her mother that a celebrated Afghan diplomat she saw interviewed on the BBC is a rapist and the murderer of Layla’s father. Pushed by her mother to seek revenge, Layla returns to Kabul only to discover a much darker and more dangerous truth about her own family.

Director / Dramaturg Helena Bell

Read an interview with writer Nushin Arbadzadah here

Ama, a feisty Tibetan woman, is fighting to keep her guest house, homeland and traditions. Her son Karma wants her to leave Tibet with him and his Chinese girlfriend, to seek refuge in India near the Dalai Lama where they could live without prejudice. But Ama stubbornly continues to resist the colonisers, and suspects her one guest – a troubled monk – of being a Chinese spy.

Read an interview with writer Bettina Gracias here

Director – Rosamunde Hutt
Dramaturg – Caroline Jester