The Little Clay Cart by Shudraka. Presented by Tara Arts Company. Director, Jatinder Verma.
Rakshasa’s Ring by Visikhadatta. Director, Anton Phillips.
The Pirate Princess by Barbara Gloudon. Presented by Temba Theatre Company. Directors, Alby James and Paulette Randall. Music Composer/Director, Felix Cross.
Arts Theatre, January – March 1986.
The Little Clay Cart, by Shudraka. Presented by Tara Arts Company. Opening 8 January 1986.
Director Jatinder Verma. Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh. Designer Ann Hubbard. Costume Designer Magdalene Rubalcava. Lighting Designer Paul Armstrong. Actors: Yogesh Bhatt, Naushaba Khan, Ayub Khan Din, Nizwar Karanj, Bhaskar, Paul Bhattarjee, Sudha Bhuchar and Mala Sikka.
The play is a ten-act Sanskrit drama set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Pālaka and focuses on the story of a noble but impoverished young Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan.
Rakshasa's Ring, by Visikhadatta. Opening 5 February 1986.
Director Anton Phillips. Designer Marsha Roddy. Lighting Designer Paul Armstrong. Actors: Wyllie Longmore, Renu Setna, Ronny Cush, Kaleem Janjua, Tony Wredden, Naim Khan, Anthony D. Lennon, Elvis Payne, Aftab Sachak, Josephine Welcome.
Rakshasa’s Ring by Visãkhadatta is based on a classic Indian treatise on statecraft, the Artha-Shastra, which pre-dated Machiavelli’s The Prince by several centuries. The play focuses on the conflict between Kautilya and the Emperor Rakshasa.
The Pirate Princess, by Barbara Gloudon. Presented by Temba Theatre Company. Opening 7 March 1986.
Directors Alby James and Paulette Randall. Music Composer and Director Felix Cross. Choreographer Deirdre Lovell. Designer Clarinda Salandy. Lighting Designer Paul Armstrong. Actors: Dona Croll, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Milton Godfrey, Susan Harper Browne, Doreen Ingleton, Vernon Nesbeth, Eddie Nestor, Vivienne Rochester, Connie Thomas, Junior A. Walker and a number of young people from youth groups in the London area.
A pantomime based on the true story of female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the seas with the dread Captain John Rackham also known as Calico Jack.
