Media

• Indigo Giant

  Short film made for British Council India

• The Mistake

  16-minute short based on Michael Mears’ new play on Hiroshima

Articles

• 1990 – Cultural Identity

  Transcript of speech delivered to a conference in Oporto

• 1994 – Crossing the Border

  Lecture delivered at Portland State University’s Multi-Cultural Centre, 1994

• 1996 – Binglish-A Jungli Approach to multicultural theatre

  Address before the Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD), Scarborough, 19-21 April 1996

• 1996 – The Binglish Imperative

  Address at the CPR Conference, Aberystwyth

• 1997 – An Asian Agenda for British Public Policy

  Address at the St Catherine’s Conference, Windsor

• 1997 – Binglishing the Stage-A Generation of Asian Theatre In London

• 1997 – Punjabi Theatre in Britain

  Address at a conference on Punjabi Literature in Hounslow

• 2001 – Are we visible

  Keynote Address at a conference organised by Peshkar, Oldham

• 2001 – The Impact of Cultural Diversity on the Arts in the UK

  Address at a conference in Oslo

• 2003 – Asian Arts in the 21st Century

  Keynote Address, DNAsia Conference, Waterman’s Arts Centre, Brentford

• 2004 – Asian Theatre Developments and contemporary identity

  Keynote Address, Asian Theatre Conference, Birmingham

• 2010 – Intercultural theatre as a Paradigm for European Modernity

  Keynote Address, Interculturalism Arts & Policy Conference, Rose Bruford College

• 2014 – MAPPING THE FAMILY

  An Introduction to the plays of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

• 2015 – CLASSICAL BINGLISH IN THE 21ST CENTURY

  An Address in July 2015

• 2020 – A conversation with Jatinder Verma

  Transcript of conversation with Dr Rachana Pandey, Banaras Hindu University

• MACBETH ESSAY FOR DT+

  Essay accompanying the production of Macbeth screened on Digital Theatre+

• BURNING GHATS OF BENARAS

  Article for BBC Online, accompanying Jatinder Verma’s programme on Renunciation for BBC 3

Related Companies & Organisations

• Shakespeare Company Japan

  The Shakespeare Company Japan is an organisation set up by a group of people who shared a dream to build a replica of the world famous Globe Theatre in the Tohoku (North-east) region of Japan, with all the natural warmth and comfort that wood possesses.

  In 1992 the inaugural meeting of the Shakespeare Company Japan was called by its founder Kazumi Shimodate.

  The aims of the Shakespeare Company Japan are to transmit the culture of the Tohoku region, and to build a theatre loved by all. In order to build this theatre, the troupe has since 1997 been raising funds at its performance venues.

• Border Crossings

  The company creates new intercultural, multi-media theatre in response to the contemporary globalised world.

  Artistic Director: Michael Walling.

  Jatinder Verma is currently Chairman of this company.

• Jermyn Street Theatre

  A unique theatre in the heart of the West End: a home to remarkable artists and plays, performed in the most intimate and welcoming of surroundings. It is a crucible for multigenerational talent.

  Artistic Director: Stella Powell-Jones.

• B7 Media

  Publisher of audiobooks and full-cast audio dramas.

  Creative Director Andrew Mark Swell.

  Jatinder Verma is a co-producer

• Society for Theatre Research

  Since 1948, the Society has advanced research into British-related theatre. STR runs lectures and conferences, publishes books and journals, offers funding and prizes, promotes excellent scholarship and supports the continuing development of practice.

• Tara Theatre

  Tara Theatre is the beating creative heart of its communities, exploring the world through a South Asian lens. It makes politically charged innovative theatre which creates ripples from the hyper-local to the global.

• Tamasha

  Causing a Commotion since 1989, Tamasha seeks to create a home for a new generation of artists from the Global Majority, enabling them to shape the most powerful stories to move, provoke and inspire people across the UK.

  Founded by Kristine Landon-Smith & Sudha Bhuchar – the company’s first Artistic Directors

• Kali

  Intrepid plays by fearless women since 1991.

  Kali presents groundbreaking new theatre by women writers of South Asian descent.

  Founded by Rita Wolf & Rukhsana Ahmad

• Rifco Theatre

  Led by Artistic Director, Pravesh Kumar, Rifco is one of the UK’s most successful touring theatre companies. The company develops, produces and tours vibrant, accessible and ambitious new plays and musicals that reflect and celebrate British Asian contemporary experiences.

• Michael Mears

  Phenomenal writer and performer. Author, producer and actor in This Evil Thing & The Mistake

• Ameena Gafoor Institute

  The one-stop resource for all matters related to the Indenture experience.

  The Ameena Gafoor Institute for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies (in partnership with the Pluto Educational Trust) has been set up to advance understanding about indentureship and its global impacts.

Published Works

• Prince of Fire: The story of Divaali

  Barefoot Books

• The Challenge of Binglish in Analysing Performance

  ed. Patrick Cambell, Manchester university press

• In Contact with the Gods: Directors Talk Theatre

  ed. Maria M Delgado & Paul Heritage, Manchester University Press

• Binglishing the stage: a Generation of Asian theatre in England in Theatre Matters

  ed. Richard Boon & Jane Plastow, Cambridge University Press

• Mourning Diana, Asian style, in Mourning Diana, Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief

  ed. Adrian Kear & Deborah Lynn Steinberg, Routledge

• Sorry, No Saris! in Theatre in a Cool Climate

  ed. Vera Gottlieb and Colin Chambers, Amber Lane Press

Radio

• Ashes to the Ganges (BBC Radio 4)

  Winner of a Sony Award and CRE Race and Media Award

• The Nine Cities of Delhi (BBC Radio 4)

• The Great Sentinel and the Great Soul (BBC Radio 4)

  Documentary on the relationship of Tagore and Gandhi.

• Asian Diasporas (BBC Radio 4 & World Service)

  A 3-part examination of the diverse Asian diaspora around the globe.

• Bollywood and Smetna (BBC Radio 3)

  Smetna’s comic opera Bartered Bride seen through the lens of Bollywood cinema

• Renouncing India (BBC Radio 3)

  Examining renunciation in modern India

• Kashmir (BBC Radio 3)

  The dilemma of Kashmir in modern India