NEW WRITING

CREATIVE TEAM

Written by

Tahmima Anam

Directed by

Filiz Ozcan

CAST

Leesa Gazi
Gary Mackay

Lilian Tsang

"Terrific play - really compelling and powerful. And beautifully performed."
Ben Musgrave,

SHAHRAZAD

Repetition. Chores. Work. Dinner. Waltz.

Playing it safe. Raised voices. Sharp noises.

Trapped behind high walls and closed doors, each day a woman must find tricks and tactics to divert her husband’s growing anger. She has a plan to save herself and the women who follow her. She must weave an imaginary world to escape reality. They must escape.

Following an exciting research and development period, we worked with award-winning writer Tahmima Anam to develop a new script, and present a live reading of the work-in-progress Shahrazad live on Zoom and Facebook on the 29th October 2020.
See the performance on YouTube here

Ahead of the performance, we hosted a panel discussion: Insights into Domestic Violence, broadcast from our Facebook page.

Find out more about the R&D performance here