Where did the inspiration from Dadism arise from and how does a female voice represent this.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of my male friends are now married with children\u201d <\/em>She continues, \u201cSome of the stories they had to tell… and I\u2019m thinking, ‘I need to write this’. As it so happened I was writing a series of 5-minute monologues for a project I created with comedian Caitlin Power, set in a modern day polyclinic. It\u2019s a collection of talking head pieces. One of the characters is a new dad. As I wrote it, I couldn\u2019t keep to the 5-minute length and before I knew it, there was this full length stand-alone piece. It just developed a life of its own. There were just so many experiences to capture. There have been some people, thankfully not too many, who find the concept of a woman writing from a man’s point of view strange. But as a writer, you do your research\u2026 Every experience the lead character goes through has happened in real life. It’s about how you capture that as a writer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Anjali Mya Chadha has a successful track record in comedy. As well appearing in award winning shows including ‘Little Britain’ and ‘ Mitchell & Webb’, Anjali recently played the role of Ayesha in \u2018Made Visible,\u2019 at The Yard Theatre, London. She created and toured her own successful solo show, ‘The Dateless Wonder,’ and went on to work as a storyline associate in the British Teen Soap ‘Hollyoaks’. Anjali is a much sought after social commentator, and can often be heard on a wide variety of radio talk shows -from girlie issues to modern politics.<\/p>\n Whilst women are marching for equality across all forms of profession, Anjali\u2019s cleverly thought narrative aims to break the stereotype of Asian men in general being represented as void from emotions.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I go to the theatre I don\u2019t see me on stage. I rarely have. Adding to that, I don\u2019t see the people in my life, in particular the men. Taking that one step further, I don\u2019t see the Asian men I know\u201d<\/em>, she says, \u201cThe voice of Asian men is underrepresented. And the voices that are out there stay within a close cluster of issues, such as honour-based violence or terrorism.<\/em><\/p>\n What I recognise is men that have normal lives, jobs, concerns, family and friends; who are partners and fathers. That\u2019s where Dadism came from. A subject that is universal for a lot of men whatever their background. Universal human experience has always formed the basis of my work. I said exactly the same thing when I wrote my previous show. Rather than looking at all our differences, my work will always celebrate what connects us, something we can sometimes be all to ready too forget..!”<\/em><\/p>\n Dadism will be playing between 2-4 March 2017 at WATERMANS ART CENTRE.\u00a040 High St, Brentford, TW8 0DS. For more details visit watermans.org.uk<\/a> or contact the Box Office on 0208 2321010.<\/p>\n![\"Anjali](\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic-4-1.jpg\")
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