{"id":9225,"date":"2014-12-23T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/23\/dara-lyttelton-theatre\/"},"modified":"2014-12-23T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:08:07","slug":"dara-lyttelton-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/23\/dara-lyttelton-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Dara – Lyttelton Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Story of the Heirs to the Mughal Empire Opens at the National Theatre<\/h3>\n

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\n1659,\u00a0Mughal India.\u00a0The imperial court, a place of opulence, excess, music, drugs, eunuchs and harems.\u00a0Two brothers, whose mother\u2019s death inspired the Taj Mahal, are heirs to this Muslim empire. Now they fight ferociously for succession.\u00a0Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people \u2013 and of his emperor father \u2013 but younger brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India’s future.\u00a0Islam inspires poetry in Dara, puritanical rigour in Aurangzeb.\u00a0Can Jahanara, their beloved sister, assuage Aurangzeb’s resolve to seize the Peacock Throne and purge the empire?\u00a0 <\/p>\n


\nSpanning the princes\u2019 lives from cradle to grave, DARA is an intense domestic drama of global consequence \u2013 for India then and for our world now. <\/p>\n


\nDARA, adapted by Tanya Ronder from Shahid Nadeem\u2019s play, originally performed by Ajoka Theatre, Pakistan, opens in the Lyttelton Theatre on 27 January, directed by Nadia Fall.\u00a0 The cast is Esh Alladi, Nathalie Armin, Rudi Dharmalingam, Emilio Doorgasingh, Vincent Ebrahim, Mariam Haque, Indira Joshi, Scott Karim, Nicholas Khan, Ranjit Krishnamma, Anjli Mohindra, Simon Nagra, Ronak Patani, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Anneika Rose, Chook Sibtain, Gurjeet Singh, Liya Tassisa, Zubin Varla, Anjana Vasan, Gary Wood and Sargon Yelda. DARA will be designed by Katrina Lindsay with lighting by Neil Austin, music by Niraj Chag, sound design by Carolyn Downing, movement by Liam Steel and fight direction by Kate Waters. <\/p>\n


\nShahid Nadeem is a co-founder and Executive Director of Ajoka Theatre, Pakistan, where DARA was originally performed.<\/p>\n


\nTanya Ronder\u2019s plays include Table and an adaptation of Pirandello\u2019s Liol\u00e1 for the National; adaptations of Macbett for the RSC, Filumena and Blood Wedding for the Almeida, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Vernon God Little (nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Play) and Peribanez for the Young Vic. <\/p>\n


\nNadia Fall\u2019s work at the NT includes Home, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Chewing Gum Dreams and Hymn.\u00a0Other recent work includes Hobson\u2019s Choice at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre and Disgraced at the Bush Theatre. <\/p>\n


\nPreviews from 20 January, press night 27 January, playing until 4 April<\/p>\n


\nPress night: Tuesday 27 January

\nContact: Susie Newbery on 020 7452 3061 \/ snewbery@nationaltheatre.org.uk<\/p>\n

Platforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nShahid Nadeem and Anwar Akhtar

\nMonday 26 January, 6pm (1hr), Cottesloe Room

\nShahid Nadeem, writer and director of the original version of Dara, is joined by production consultant Anwar Akhtar to discuss the play and its journey with Ajoka Theatre, as well as looking at the broader theatrical and cultural landscape of Pakistan. Chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.<\/p>\n


\nNadia Fall and Tanya Ronder on Dara

\nWednesday 18 March, 6pm (45 mins), Lyttelton Theatre

\nThe director and playwright discuss the production. \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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