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PhotoGallery: Photographs by Eliyah Sen Roy:
Kaleem Janjua performing in Sheesh Mehal
Post-show discussion, Sheesh Mehal with director Dominc Rai + cast
Post-show discussion, Totarama
Rebecca Manson Jones, Director of Totarama
Farhan Maqsood performing in Sheesh Mehal
Zoe Svendsen, Co-Artistic Director of Sunay'ha
Claire Pamment, Co-Artistic Director of Sunay'ha
A CONTEXT DEBATE with Michael Walling, Farhan Maqsood, Sarmad Sehbai, Zoe Svendsen, Claire Pamment and Pervaiz Khan
Scene from Totarama
Visiting actor + director Farhan Maqsood
Visiting Dancer Sheema Kermani
Visiting Writer Sarmad Sehbai Photographs by Keith Steward:
Mr Pakistan : Mr India
In rehearsal for Sheesh Mehal
Sheema Kermani performing Pallawi with set + video design by Penny Saunders
Storytelling workshop led by Sheema Kermani
Sheema Kermani - in performance
Audience |
The Sunay'ha Theatre Festival Spring 2005
The Sunay'ha project brought theatre makers from Pakistan and the UK together to collaborate on work from Pakistan.
Context Theatre were able to bring three Pakistani theatre makers to the UK for a week, where their work was developed towards a showcase at the Sunay'ha Festival, 22-24 April 2005, at Oxford House in Bethnal Green, which also featured films, workshops, debates, an exhibition and the work of UK-based theatre makers whose work has been influenced by Pakistan, either through their background, or through an engagement with the country.
The artists involved included:
(from Pakistan) Sheema Kermani, Sarmad Sehbai and Farhan Maqsood
who collaborated with Penny Saunders, Rebecca Manson Jones and Dominic Rai.
For Sunay'ha Invites: Naylah Ahmed, Amman Paul Singh Brar, Azma Dar, Peter Grant, Waris Islam, Yasmin Whittaker Khan, Shamshad Khan, Avaes Mohammed, and Saman Shad.
The event was funded by ACE East, Visiting Arts and Awards for All:
Media coverage:
Pakistan Daily Times (in English) - click here to download article as a PDF
EVENING STANDARD (in English) - click here to download article as a PDF
ASIAN TIMES (in English) - click here to download article as a PDF
TIME OUT (in English) - click here to download article as a PDF
BBC URDU (in Urdu):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2005/05/050503_arts_an.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/story/2005/05/050504_sarmad_mazher_sen.shtml
Further information - downloadable programmes (as PDFs):
Sunay'ha:Invites programme (English)
List of artists involved (English)
Background programme (English)
Sunay'ha:Invites programme (Punjabi)
Sunay'ha:Invites programme (Urdu)
Pakistan's decorated vehicles (English)
Farhan programme (Multi-language version)
No One Believes the Professor (English)
Sarmad Sehbai programme (English)
Sheema Kermani programme (English)
Sheesh Mehal programme (English)
Sheesh Mehal programme - part 1 (Punjabi)
Sheesh Mehal programme - part 2 (Punjabi)
Links:
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Media - Click here for the Sunay'ha Press Area (for press release & images to download)
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