Coral Messam: “We’re Bringing Rave Culture to the Theatre”
Afshan D’souza-Lodhi talks to Coral Messam and DJ Conrad Kira about Talawa Theatre produced Run It Back, which invites audiences to experience rave culture. ...
Afshan D'souza-Lodhi
Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Extinction Event, Pleasance Courtyard
★★★★★ I have always believed theatre to be a form of magic and magic shows to be a form of theatre. The Extinction Event, a piece by SEDA and Glynis Henderso...
Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Freeman, Pleasance Courtyard
★★★ We live in a world in which people of colour are underrepresented everywhere except in the criminal justice system. A system which seems to institutional...
Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sex Drugs and a Cup of Tea, Sweet Venues Novotel
★★★★ Upon leaving university, we quickly forget the trials and tribulations we face while living in shared housing with other university students. Sex, Drugs...
Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Delusion of Home, Summerhall
★★★★½ The Taiwan Season at Summerhall brings us this Taiwanese masterpiece from the company Our Theatre. Delusion Of Home, directed by Jhao-Cian Wang and wri...
Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brexit, Pleasance Courtyard
★★★ Most of the country is still confused about Brexit and this play doesn’t help with the matter at all. Set in the year 2020 after the Tories have voted in...
Afshan D'souza-Lodhi
Afshan D’souza-Lodhi was born in Dubai and is of Indian/Pakistani descent. Afshan writes plays, prose, performance pieces and occasionally passive aggressive tweets. She has received theatre commissions from Royal Exchange Theatre, Z-arts and Eclipse Theatre. Afshan has written articles for Vada Magazine, The Body Narratives and now for A Younger Theatre. Follow her on twitter @ashlodhi or visit her website, one she hardly ever updates www.afshanlodhi.com