gandhi and coconuts
By Bettina Gracias
November 2010 - February 2011
London | Plymouth | Leicester | West Bromwich
Asha and Ajay lead a predictable married life. Every day Ajay goes to work, comes home, eats his dinner of curry (always with coconut), watches telly and goes to bed. Lonely and frustrated, Asha escapes to the India of her imagination. Suddenly Mahatma Gandhi, and the Hindu Gods Shiva, and Kali arrive for tea and jalebis. When they refuse to leave farce breaks out with hilarious consequences. Even though Asha has discovered happiness, Ajay tries to cling to the wife he once had, instead of the new woman she has become.
This witty, playful and poignant play asks if it is better to be sane or happy.
Cast
Sophiya Haque as Asha
Nimmi Harasgama as Kali
Rez Kempton as Ajay
Robert Mountford as
Gary Pillai as Gandhi
Production
Director — Janet Steel
Movement — Kitty Winter
Designer — Alice Hoult
Music — James Hesford
Lighting — Chris Corner
Dramaturg — Tanika Gupta
Gary Pillai as Gandhi and Sophiya Haque as Asha
Robert Mountford as Shiva and Sophiya Haque as Asha
Gary Pillai as Gandhi
Sophiya Haque as Asha
Robert Mountford as Shiva and Gary Pillai as Gandhi
Sophiya Haque as Asha
Gary Pillai as Gandhi and Sophiya Haque as Asha
Sophiya Haque as Asha and Rez Kempton as Ajay
Nimmi Harasgama as Kali and Sophiya Haque as Asha
Rez Kempton as Ajay and Sophiya Haque as Asha