Brontë goes to Bollywood in Greenwich

Today, November 9, at the Musical Futures Festival (Greenwich Theatre’s annual festival celebrating new musical theatre), the first performance of the Tamasha's à la Bollywood take on Wuthering Heights which we have presented before will take place:

Wuthering Heights
original concept and book by Deepak Verma
music by Sheema Mukherjee & Felix Cross, lyrics by Felix Cross
presented by Tamasha [at Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich, London, UK]

Director Kristine Landon-Smith
Designer Sue Mayes
Choreography Nikki Woollaston
Lighting design Itai Erdal
Sound design Mike Furness

The scorched desert landscape of Rajasthan is the setting for this new musical interpretation of Emily Brontë’s tale of passion, jealousy and revenge. Shakuntala, headstrong daughter of spice merchant Singh, falls for Krishan, a street urchin that Singh brings home after one of his trips to market. But can their adolescent love withstand India’s rigid social hierarchies, and Shakuntala’s yearning for a life inside Vijay’s sumptuous haveli?
Directed by Kristine Landon-Smith, this irresistible production will draw on a history of Indian cinema – from the brooding black-and-white epics of the ‘40s and ‘50s to colourful contemporary blockbusters.
Wuthering Heights is the latest show from leading British Asian company, Tamasha – creator of A Fine Balance, Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral (winner of the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical) and the groundbreaking East is East.

Categories: Music, Theatre, Wuthering Heights