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Sunday, May 4, 2025

Helena Bell obituary by Atiha Sen Gupta

Artistic director of Kali Theatre, the company founded to encourage writing by south Asian women From 2016 until her death, at the age of 64 after being diagnosed with cancer, Helena Bell wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PM
Monday, April 30, 2018

Love, Labour and 80s indie: the personal gets political for Luke Wright by Atiha Sen Gupta

Delivered entirely in verse, Wright’s coming-of-age tale Frankie Vah is set in Thatcher’s Britain but the debate is as relevant as ever What happens if you love your parents but loathe t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Rita, Sue and #MeToo: 'there'd be outrage if it was written today' by Ella Carmen Greenhill , Atiha Sen Gupta and April De Angelis

Was the Royal Court right to put on Rita, Sue and Bob Too? We asked three playwrights to look afresh at Andrea Dunbar’s story of two girls preyed on by an older man Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AM
Monday, October 2, 2017

Hijabi Monologues: dating, the weather and Islamophobia in frank, funny tales by Atiha Sen Gupta

The radical international theatre project sharing the voices of hijab-wearers is both serious and playful – but needs to be more fearlessHijab. What’s the first thought that comes into y…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PM