A Season of Bangla Drama presents Scratch night: Golper Shuru/ The Story Begins

A Season of Bangla Drama presents Scratch night: Golper Shuru/ The Story Begins

A Season of Bangla Drama has offered a unique opportunity to potential new female writers to develop their ideas for performance. This performance is a culmination of a six week programme and will see novice writers Nadia Ali and Syeda Tasmia Tahiya embark on a mentored project, exploring how to translate ideas to script and then to stage.

Mentored by the experienced Bengali Writer/ Director Rokshana Khan, they will have explored themes of empowerment and challenges faced by Bengali women. The first time writers Nadia Ali and Syeda Tasmia Tahiya will explore how their ideas translate to a written script and then to performance.

This is a 60 min performance of the Work in Progress/Scratch performance with the reading/performance of the pieces devised by the first time writers, including a short presentation on the challenges faced by female Bengali writers and an opportunity for Q&A.

Mentor: Rokshana Khan
A successful theatre practitioner for over 25 years. Born and raised in North London, she has written, directed and acted in numerous plays, in English and Bengali. Very active in the East London drama community, she continues to teach and produce poetry and plays. 'My Saree Story-Amar Sharir Golpo' was written and directed by Rokshana Khan and debuted as the opening performance of ’A Season of Bangla Drama' in Tower Hamlets in 2016.