It is not easy for any author to create a scene from the Mumbai slums, without reminding us of Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. In Behind the Beautiful Forever, pulitzer winning Katherine Boo has portrayed the lives of Mumbai slum dwellers, alongside...
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27th Jul 2024 | Updated at 01:26am 27th Jul 2024
Mrs Kapoor's Daughter's Wedding 2 makes successful West End debut
A musical theatre celebrating a big fat Indian wedding made its West End debut on Tuesday 16 July. ‘Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding 2 – Mauritius’ staged a one-off show at the Adelphi Theatre, in Strand, being the first-ever British Gujarati...
Riverdance prepares for UK tour
- 04 Aug 2021
Preparations are underway for Riverdance: The New 25th Anniversary Show which is set for a UK tour starting from August 26th.
Get out of your comfort zone, says Sunetra Sarker, a participant from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in an exclusive interview with Asian Voice. Sunetra,...
- 04 Nov 2014
Last week, Asian Voice had the pleasure of previewing the National Theatre’s production of Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Based on the National Book Award-winning...
Playwright Ayub Khan Din is back with all time favourite, East is East, but this time it has returned to its roots and with a particularly personal tone. Din joins the cast as overbearing father George Khan in this humorous revival by director...
