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Asha SophiyaHaque

Kali NimmiHarasgama

Ajay RezKempton

Shiva RobertMountford

Gandhi GaryPillai

Director JanetSteel

Movement KittyWinter

Designer AliceHoult

Music JamesHesford

Lighting ChrisCorner

Dramaturg TanikaGupta

CompanyStageManager JessicaThanki

ProductionManager CeiliFreeman

ProductionAssistant NaomiHodgson

GeneralManager ChristopherCorner

PressRepresentation JulietRees

Setbuiltby MartinField

Photography RobertWorkman

GraphicDesign LukeWakeman

Firstperformanceofthisproduction:24November2010attheArcolaTheatre

KaliwouldliketothankeveryoneatArcolaforalltheirhelpandsupport

with presenting Black-i.

ThankstoShashiPatelandSivaatHaywoodsAccountantsandallthosewhose

help came toolatetobementionedhere.

KaliseeksoutstrongindividualwomenwriterswithaSouthAsianbackgroundwhochallengeourperceptionsthrough

originalandthoughtprovokingtheatre.WeregularlytournewplaysacrosstheUKwhileourWriterDevelopmentProgrammesprovideresourcestowritersnewtothetheatrethroughworkshops,dramaturgicalsupportandpublicreadings.

KaliaimstopresentthedistinctperspectiveandexperienceofAsianwomentopeoplefromallbackgroundsandtocelebrateitsrichnessanddiversity.Noideaistoosmall,nostatementtoolarge.Weactivelyencourageourwritersandaudiencetoreinventandreshapethetheatricalagenda.

Findourmoreat www.kalitheatre.co.uk

Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JanetSteel

General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ChristopherCorner

Audience Development Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . BinitaWalia

Board of Trustees: ShelleyKing(Chair),AmyBeeson,Elizabeth

Cuffy,PennyGold,HenaMiah,AnoukMishti,ShiromaSilva,

JocelynWatson,ElizabethYouard.

Kali was founded in 1990 by Rukhsana Ahmad and Rita Wolf.

KaliTheatreCo.20RupertStreetLondonW1D6DF

02074949100info@kalitheatre.co.ukLtdCo.No.2583595RegisteredCharityNo.1071733

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River On Fire 2000

Chaos 2005

Zameen 2008

Calcutta Kosher 2003

Paper Thin 2006

Another Paradise 2009

Sock ‘em With Honey 2002

Deadeye 2006

AD2050 2009

A Thin Red Line 2007

Behna 2010

Black-i 2010

Talkback 2010Kali’sisnowlookingfornewscriptsforits

nextWriter Development Programme.

ChosenwriterswilljoinKali’sfortnightlywritingworkshops,andreceive

dramaturgicalsupportfromguestwritersanddramaturgs,culminatinginapublic

readingoftheirwork.The deadlineforsendingusyourdraftscript

is 10 March 2011.

Moredetailsatwww.kalitheatre.co.uk

sophiya Haque AshA

TrainedatArtsEducationalSchool.Writing&recordingsongswithherbandAkasaledtoarecorddealwithWarnerBrosin1988andtopresentingonMTVAsiawhereher7yearpresentingcareerearnedherthetitle‘FirstLady’ofmusicTV,withhershowreaching53countries.InBollywoodshehasworkedwithSanjayDutt,AbhishekBachan,SalmanKhan,ManiRatnam.SarojKhanandFarahKhan.HeractingdebutwasaleadroleinthefilmSnip. Theatre:BombayDreams(ApolloVictoria),TheFarPavilions(Shaftesbury),Britain’sGotBhangra(Rifco).Film:Wanted(withAngelinaJolie).TV:CoronationStreet.ShehasbeenaDJfortheBBCAsianNetworkandwasmusicalstagerandAssistantDirectoronthenewmusicalRueMagiqueatTheKingsHeadTheatre.

Nimmi Harasgama KAli

NimmihasrecentlyreturnedtotheUKafterfocusingonherfilmcareerinSriLanka.Hermostrecentfilm,FlowersOfTheSky,wonBestAsianFilmattheGranadaInternationalFilmFestivalandshewonBestActressattheLasPalmasInternationalFilmFestivalforherpreviousfilm,AugustSun.TVincludesDoctors(BBC)andMotherTeresa(20thCenturyFox).UKTheatreincludesTrolleyTalk,whichsheco-wrote(CamdenPeoplesTheatre),AHandfulofHenna(RasaTheatreCo/OxfordshireTouringTheatreCo),andhersoloshow-AuntieNetta’sHolidayForAsylum(Tamasha/BAC).

Rez Kempton AjAy

TrainedatRoseBruford.Theatre:TheHotZone(LyricHammersmith),TheFortuneClub(Tricycle&LeicesterHaymarket),TheBattleofGreenLanes(TheatreRoyalStratfordEast),TheArbor(CrucibleTheatre),Hijra(PlymouthTheatreRoyal,TheBush&WestYorkshirePlayhouse),Nativity(BirminghamRep.),PlayboyOfTheAsianWorld(LeicesterHaymarket),ArrangeThatMarriage(UKtour),HeerRanjha(mac),LoveoftheNightingale(UKtour),TwelfthNight(MillfieldTheatre),

PrivateLives(Watermans).TV:AdhaCup(C4),BangedUpAbroad(Five),Desperados,Bash,Spooks,TrialByJury(BBC),SingaporeMutiny(C4).FilmLifeGoesOn,TheHiddenPersuaders,TheBaseline,Kapital,ICan’tThinkStraight,TheMysticMasseur,MySonTheFanatic,BrothersInTrouble.RadioSilverStreet,SmallIsland,TheRajQuartet,DriftwoodHeart,OxfordRoad,PaperFlowers(BBC)

Robert Mountford shivA

Trainedat RADA.Theatre:MuchAdoAboutNothingandHercules(ChesterPerforms),TheBlackAlbum(RNT),MerchantofVenice(RSCWorldTour)ProsperoinTheTempest(Tara/WestEnd),StockmaninEnemyofthePeople,BassanioinMerchantofVenice(Tara),Baron Munchausen,PenalColonyandMedea(TaraHotbed),LeontesinWinter’sTale,HoratioinHamlet(USATours),RomeoandJuliet,AsYouLikeIt(UKTours),MuchAdoAboutNothing(ByreTheatre),EastIsEast(LeicesterHaymarket). TV:NorthSquare,Eastenders,Casualty,Doctors,ReversePsychology,EverythingIknowaboutMen,TheStoryofIndia,London’sBurning,AlwaysandEveryone. RoberthasalsoappearedinmanyShortFilms,RadioandTheatreFestivals.

Gary Pillai GAnDhi

Trained:OxfordSchoolofDramaTheatre:WutheringHeights(Tamasha/LyricHammersmith),MuchAdoAboutNothing(National),KrishnainMahabharata(Sadler’sWells),APassageToIndia(SharedExperience,UK&NewYork),TheGoodWomanOfSetzuan,Macbeth,BollywoodJane,AnIdealHusband,TheWitches,UnsuitableGirls,DeathofaSalesman,TheWhiteDevil,RichardIII,NagaMandala(LeicesterHaymarket),UnsuitableGirls(ContactTheatre&LyricHammersmith),StayingOn(TheatreofComedy/UKtour),Suzuki(RoyalCourt),ThePrince(YoungVic),Troilus&Cressida,TheTempest(Tara),RomeoandJuliet,TheTempest(BritishCouncilinternationaltour).TV:DirkGently,Survivors,ThePassion,Torchwood,MysteriousCreatures,AdventureInc,

GreenEyedMonster,MenOnly,FamilyAffairs.FilmFranklyn,FarNorth,AShortFilmAboutSwearing,GreenLanes.Radio:TheArchers,FunnyBoy,Patricia’sProgress.

Bettina Gracias Writer

Mixed-raceAustrian/Indian,Bettinahaswritten11radioplaysforBBCRadio4,7theatreplaysandoneTVdrama..‘Other’waslong-listedforboththeVerityBargateandtheManchesterExchangeAwards,‘JallebiesandTea’wasnominatedforthe‘RaceintheMediaAward,’‘MyNameisIqbal’(theatreversion)wasshort-listedforTheIceandFireAward’,‘ThePlot,’wontheSonyGoldAwardforRadio’and,‘MyNameisIqbalMasih’,wontheClarionAwardforbestradiodrama.ShehasbeenonattachmenttotheNationalTheatre,LondonandiscurrentlyworkingontwonewstageplaysandanewradiodramaforBBCRadio4.

alice Hoult DesiGner

Amultidisciplinaryartistworkingwithillustration,painting,installation,printmakinganddesignforperformance.WithAnoushkaAthiquesheestablishedLittleSpoon,anartisticpracticewhoserecentworkincludes:TearsDreamsandMemories(BarkingYouthTheatre),DoubtfulSound,(AntennaStudios).ForKali:AnotherParadise,Black-i.Otherdesigns:DrinkMe(PinsandNeedlesDance),twoShakespeareT.I.E.seasons(ArtsEducational).Costumedesign:PlayingGod(DeafinitelyTheatre),DesignforDance(RoyalAcademyofDance),DreamsComeOutToPlay(KnavishSpeech),Macbeth(Community20),EdwardII(OhioUniversity).Film;AssistantArtDirectoronAlice(dir.MarianneElliot),andartdepartmentassistantonWreckers(dir.DictynnaHood).

Janet steel Director

ArtisticDirectorofKalisince2003,Aftermanyyearsasanactress,Janet’sdirectingcareerbeganin1988atLooseChangeTheatrewithherfirstfull-lengthpiece,WhiteBitingDog.Directing:Behzti(BirminghamRep),AprilinParis,BretevskiStreet,AHardRain,TopGirls(NorthamptonRoyal),MillenniumMysteries,BigSchool(BelgradeCoventry);Antigone,TheMother,OrpheusDescending,AnIdealHusband,Romeo&Juliet,The

Knockey,SeriousMoney(RoseBruford).ForKali:CalcuttaKosher,Chaos,PaperThin,Deadeye,Zameen,AnotherParadise,Behnaand11PublicReadingsofnewwork.

Jessica thanki stAGe MAnAGer

AfteraBAinTheatreProduction,JessicadidathreemonthplacementatTheThirteenthSt.RepertoryTheatre,NewYorkastheLiteraryManager’sAssistant.Stagemanagementforpantomimes(TheWestWing),AnotherParadise(KaliatEdinburghFestivalandonUKtour)andthenasASM/AssistantDirectoronitsnationaltour,AsianWomenTalkBack,(KaliatRichMix),TheMaid,(OddManOutProductionsatRichMix),DoubleEspresso(TheatreWaahatTristanBates),MeasureforMeasure,TheOvalHouse(BADA),MaybeFather,(TalawaatYoungVic),Behna(KaliTheatresitespecificco-productionwithBirminghamRep&BlackCountryTouring),AD2050,(KaliworkshopatYoungVic)andItHasn’tHappenedYet(LizCarr).

Kitty Winter MoveMent Director

KittytrainedatLABANandtheCentralSchoolofSpeechandDrama,andspecialisesinphysicalworkforyoungaudiences.Seewww.kittywinter.com.Currentandforthcomingproductions:TheNightPirates(TheatreHullabaloo),UndertheStoryTree(NottinghamPlayhouse)andPussinBoots(DerbyLive).2010creditsinclude:TheRedHelicopter(AlmeidaTheatre),TheTragicallHistoryofDoctorFaustus(ThirdPartyProductions/JohnWright),ParkHighSchoolMusical(PainesPlough/RoseBruford),AD2030(KaliTheatre),WomenontheVergeofHRT(DerbyTheatre),LittleFish(TheSpace),FIVE(TheatreHullabalooandTheatreDirect,Toronto),RichardIII(RiversideStudios)andTheLittleMermaid(NottinghamPlayhouse).

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