Whilst our current situation means we can’t be on stage just yet, here’s a watch list of content with a point of difference presenting live arts experiences for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Rosnah| From Singapore’s leading company Necessary Stage, Rosnah is a solo theatre play that tells the story of a young Malay Muslim woman who leaves home for the first time to study in London.
Buy More Incense – A documentary About Asian Musicians | Thomas Burkhalter and Michael Spahr’s documentary from 2000/2001. A trip through the Asian Music Scene in Britain feat. Bobby Friction, Aki Nawaz/Fun-Da-Mental, DJ Ritu, Kuljit Bhamra, Johnny Kalsi, Nitin Sawhney, DCS, Nasha and many more. With lots of bhangra and “Asian Underground”.
South Asian Stories | Join Sameer Desai as he chats with South Asians around the world to uncover their identities, successes, failures, and most importantly, stories. He profiles artists, writers, filmmakers, athletes, entertainers, and many more to discover South Asians who have taken a different path.
AMSTERDAM | An Israeli violinist living in her trendy canal-side Amsterdam apartment. Nine months pregnant. One day a mysterious unpaid gas bill from 1944 arrives. It awakens unsettling feelings of collective identity, foreignness and alienation. Stories of a devastating past are compellingly reconstructed to try and make sense of the present.
Madame Gandhi – “Young Indian” | Madame Gandhi is an artist and activist whose mission is to celebrate gender liberation. She has toured drumming for M.I.A, Thievery Corporation and most recently Oprah Winfrey. Listed as a Forbes 30 Under 30 member, check out her critically acclaimed by The New York Times, Billboard, NPR and more.
Official Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams | Free National Theatre Full Performance | A heart-warming, hilarious and insightful play that leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day. This multi award winning smash hit featured as part of NZ Festival.
Being British Asian: Who do we think we are? | As part of the BBC’s Big British Asian Summer, Mobeen Azhar and Nomia Iqbal host a special debate exploring issues around identity, religion, relationships and politics as British AsiansClick here to change this text