Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai In brief Guest speakers - Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai Topic - A creative conversation on Gupta's "Lions and Tigers" (Sam Wannaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, 2017) About the seminar This free, online seminar features a creative conversation about writing and directing new work in UK with award-winning and leading UK theatre artists Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai. The discussion will centre around the work "Lions and Tigers", produced at the Sam Wannaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe in 2017. About the speakers Pooja Ghai Pooja Ghai is an award-winning director and Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company, one of the UK’s leading touring theatre companies. She was Associate Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East from 2015 to 2018 and has directed productions for many UK theatre companies, including Leicester Curve, Tara Arts, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Soho Theatre. Tanika Gupta Over the past 25 years, Tanika Gupta has written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK and has written extensively for BBC Radio drama. In 2008, Tanika was awarded an MBE for Services to Drama, and in 2016, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Tanika has an honorary doctorate in the Arts from Chichester University and is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College and Central School of Speech and Drama. She won the James Tait Black award in 2018 for her play "Lions and Tigers". Gupta has written for radio, film, television and theatre. Some of her theatre credits include "A Doll's House "(Lyric Hammersmith), "Red Dust Road – adaptation of Jackie Kay's memoir" (NT Scotland), "Lions and Tigers" and "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Globe Theatre - dramaturg). Full list of Tanika Gupta's writing credits (external site) Nov 24 2021 17.00 - 18.30 Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai Join us on Zoom for a creative conversation with award-winning playwright Tanika Gupta and director Pooja Ghai on The James Tait Black Prize for Drama winner 2017 "Lions and Tigers". Online via Zoom
Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai In brief Guest speakers - Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai Topic - A creative conversation on Gupta's "Lions and Tigers" (Sam Wannaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, 2017) About the seminar This free, online seminar features a creative conversation about writing and directing new work in UK with award-winning and leading UK theatre artists Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai. The discussion will centre around the work "Lions and Tigers", produced at the Sam Wannaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe in 2017. About the speakers Pooja Ghai Pooja Ghai is an award-winning director and Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company, one of the UK’s leading touring theatre companies. She was Associate Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East from 2015 to 2018 and has directed productions for many UK theatre companies, including Leicester Curve, Tara Arts, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Soho Theatre. Tanika Gupta Over the past 25 years, Tanika Gupta has written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK and has written extensively for BBC Radio drama. In 2008, Tanika was awarded an MBE for Services to Drama, and in 2016, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Tanika has an honorary doctorate in the Arts from Chichester University and is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College and Central School of Speech and Drama. She won the James Tait Black award in 2018 for her play "Lions and Tigers". Gupta has written for radio, film, television and theatre. Some of her theatre credits include "A Doll's House "(Lyric Hammersmith), "Red Dust Road – adaptation of Jackie Kay's memoir" (NT Scotland), "Lions and Tigers" and "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Globe Theatre - dramaturg). Full list of Tanika Gupta's writing credits (external site) Nov 24 2021 17.00 - 18.30 Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai Join us on Zoom for a creative conversation with award-winning playwright Tanika Gupta and director Pooja Ghai on The James Tait Black Prize for Drama winner 2017 "Lions and Tigers". Online via Zoom
Nov 24 2021 17.00 - 18.30 Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai Join us on Zoom for a creative conversation with award-winning playwright Tanika Gupta and director Pooja Ghai on The James Tait Black Prize for Drama winner 2017 "Lions and Tigers".
