LONDON THEATRE GROUP TO LAUNCH
"SAFAR", A NEW PLAY
LONDON,
26 September, 2002 - Desi Canvas, the UK-based literary and dramatics
group, today announced a new play in Hindustani, Safar,
a unique study of the life of South Asian immigrants. To be staged
in West London from October 3-6.
Safar is Desi Canvas's second
major production since the organisation was launched two years
ago.
Written
and directed by Desi Canvas's Creative Director Pervaiz Alam,
Safar is a production that
will be especially pertinent to the UK's Indian and Pakistani
audiences.
"The play is a journey through the lives of its characters,
each of whom is subject to the experience of being separated from
home, family and country," said Alam. "Each of the three,
in one way or the other, still bears the scars of the distressing
Partition of India in 1947.
Safar
examines the simmer of emotion that is still evident in the peoples
of both India and Pakistan."
Four
shows of Safar will be staged
at the renowned Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford in West London,
an established venue for Asian arts, drama and culture.
Desi
Canvas's first production, Rishta,
was a one-act play that won critical acclaim across the country
with productions in England and Scotland. Adapted into Urdu by
Achala Sharma from 'The Proposal', a 19th century play by Russian
playwright Anton Chekhov, Rishta
was a realistic common-man view of Indo-Pak relations in the wake
of nuclear explosion by the two countries.
"Desi
Canvas has an established reputation for dealing with grassroots
issues that are unique to South Asia," said Amita Shankar,
the group's Programme Co-ordinator. "Safar
is an intense drama that will only strengthen this
reputation and captivate audiences. This will also be a major
boost to Hindi theatre in the UK"
Details:
Safar -An immigrant's journey
into the unknown
Thursday October 3 to - Sunday October 6, 2002, at 7:45 PM each
day
Tickets: £10 or £35 for 4 tickets (Includes free interval
snacks)
Watermans Arts centre, 40 High Street, Brentford TW8 0DS
Watermans Box Office 020 8232 1010
Queries about the play: desicanvas@aol.com
