Final Farewell

Tara Theatre’s ‘Final Farewell’ was showcased on 12 July, featuring as part of Abdul Shayek’s first season as Artistic Director of Tara Theatre, the UK’s longest established Asian, Black and ethnically diverse led theatre company. Final Farewell is an outdoor audio walking tour beginning and ending at Tara Theatre, with a final event taking place at Tara Theatre at the end of the walk. A contemplative, collaborative, celebratory and unique work, Final Farewell responds to those lost during Covid-19 and explores how we say a proper goodbye. From those lost from the mosques, temples and churches to people on the front line, Abdul Shayek and Sudha Bhuchar have gathered peoples’ memories of their loved ones and created a piece where audiences listen to the stories whilst walking in the deceased’s footsteps, be it their journeys to work, the gym or a Sunday stroll.