Theatre

My work is female centric, exploring power, gender and sexuality.

THE HUSBANDS

 An exploration of polyandry and matriarchy in India. Toured nationally and completed its run at London’s Soho theatre (Kali and Pentabus Theatre),

 

Purnajanam / Born Again (Kali Theatre, Southwark Playhouse)

Purnjanam/Born Again by Sharmila Chauhan – directed by Janet Steel – Kali Theatre Company – Southwark Playhouse – 14 Januarly 2012

In a city of transition and tradition, three liars, two lovers and a reluctant leader all desperately search for truth. As Mumbai burns, Purnjanam questions destiny, love and power, asking what must be destroyed for something new to be created.

10 Women

Produced by JackDaw Theatre

Using a combination of theatre verity and devising, this piece explored the relationship of ten women and their bodies.

Not Today’s Yesterday

This work aims to open up conversation through a clever appropriation of whitewashed histories and give a voice back to lost histories and communities.
Not Today’s Yesterday offers audiences a chance to engage in the most important geo-political conversation of this decade

12: (Dir Janet Steel), 2015

Shocked and moved by true stories of honour killings of young women in the UK where on average 12 such killings occur each year, twelve writers have collaborated to create a moving and poignant theatre event that celebrates and gives voice to these lost lives.