HOME Plays
Five new plays exploring, challenging and reimagining the concept of HOME
Autumn 2021
HOME was a week of script-in-hand performances of five cutting-edge new plays exploring, challenging and reimagining our idea of ‘home’. HOME was performed at Tara Arts.
Four established playwrights alongside an innovative writer from our DISCOVERY programme ask what it means to call Britain ‘home’ in 2021 from the unique perspective of female writers with a South Asian background.
When The Fire’s Gone Out
by Naylah Ahmed
Director / Dramaturg – Helena Bell
Cast – Connie Hyde, Devesh Kishore, Oliver Longstaff and Rita Wolf
Two mothers, disparate, yet inextricably connected. When the Fire’s Gone Out examines the impact of terrorism abroad and its legacy at home
Stateless
by Alia Bano
Director / Dramaturg – Tessa Walker
Cast -Shireen Farkhoy, Hal Geller, Ravneet Sehra, Avin Shah and Katy Stephens
When Sara Khan decides to defend a woman who travelled to Syria to support IS, the tensions within her marriage and family rise to the surface. Inspired by the political debate around the Shamima Begum case, Stateless asks – What is a citizen? How do we determine who belongs and who doesn’t? Who has a right to call the UK ‘home’?
Empire of the Mind
by Satinder Chohan
Director – Poonam Brah
Dramaturg – Fin Kennedy
Cast – Goldy Notay, Owen Oakeshott, Krupa Pattani, Aryana Ramkhalawon and Peter Singh
‘Empires of the future will be empires of the mind’ Winston Churchill’
Empire of the Mind conjures a 20th century colonial island past and its fallout in a 21st century psychotic British present
King Troll
by Sonali Bhattacharyya
Director – Milli Bhatia
Dramaturg – Nic Wass
Cast – Karan Gill, Aysha Kala, Shazia Nicolls and Sakuntala Ramanee
A dystopian tale about the corrosive effect of the all too real Hostile Environment against migrants on two sisters. How do we dismantle the master’s house?
DISCOVERY Saturday: The Sweet Flood
by Maeve Scullion
Director – Helena Bell
Dramaturg – Penny Gold
Cast – Chris Clynes, Safiyya Ingar and Raagni Sharma
Desperate for a distraction from global warming and the destruction of our planet, environmentalist Riya maps out new territory with her lover Avanti. A story of love, sexuality and an empowered desire to save the world.
