Upcoming Events
Girlies
In an unexpected blast from the past, Audible is launching Series 1 and 2 of GIRLIES on Halloween!co-written by Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan nearly 30 years ago, and it ran to 3 series.
We wrote it for ourselves to be in two of the lead roles and to address the lack of narratives fromcreatives like us! Inspired by real people, Girlies is a joyous exploration of friendship, family, work and womanhood and follows the hilarious ups and downs of five 30-something Asian women living in Wimbledon in the 1990s.
Tula, Vinny, Jabeen, Sonal and Samina are best friends since school and are united by the choices they made as adults to marry outside their communities. They meet for ‘Girlies’ nights when they laugh, cry and inevitably over share!
In exploring this ‘lived multiculturism’ we were ahead of the curve! Our efforts to get it on TV was knocked back as were our more recent pitches to write the women again in their fifties and now sixties! Here’s to the Audible launch and fresh interest!
Immersive Experience Network
Summit 2024 on Oct 21 st Hear from the Other Way will present learning and
share practice of how our interactive story book A Rainbow for Amala was created.
The book is available from the website: https://www.arainbowforamala.co.uk/
'Evening Conversations' at Wimbledon Bookfest
“Insightful, charming, funny”
There will be a performance of Evening Conversations at Merton Arts Space at Wimbledon Library, Wimbledon Bookfest at 7pm.
Book Launch: A Rainbow For Amala
A Rainbow For Amala Book Launch FREE
Two years ago I was invited to be part of a new project called Green Shoots by a company called The Other Way Works. The creative team of John Sear, developer of collaborative games for public spaces, Katie Day, Fateha Begum (workshop facilitator) and myself worked together to create an interactive story book called A Rainbow for Amala. Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the day (£7.99).
Nafeesa cares about the earth and wishes that everyone else did too. But it’s hard being an environmental activist when even your best friend keeps forgetting about his pledges to walk to school and pick up litter. Join Nafeesa and her best friend Karim as they set out on a quest to befriend the quiet new girl Amala. What will give her back her smile? Use your phone or tablet to listen to their conversations, help them solve puzzles, crack codes and become part of their journey to uncover the truth.
A Rainbow for Amala was created with input from children at Regents Park Community Primary School in Small Heath, Birmingham.
Sudha Bhuchar, writer attending a soft launch for the book in the Summer
Book Launch: A Rainbow For Amala
A Rainbow For Amala Book Launch FREE
Two years ago I was invited to be part of a new project called Green Shoots by a company called The Other Way Works. The creative team of John Sear, developer of collaborative games for public spaces, Katie Day, Fateha Begum (workshop facilitator) and myself worked together to create an interactive story book called A Rainbow for Amala. Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the day (£7.99).
Nafeesa cares about the earth and wishes that everyone else did too. But it’s hard being an environmental activist when even your best friend keeps forgetting about his pledges to walk to school and pick up litter. Join Nafeesa and her best friend Karim as they set out on a quest to befriend the quiet new girl Amala. What will give her back her smile? Use your phone or tablet to listen to their conversations, help them solve puzzles, crack codes and become part of their journey to uncover the truth.
A Rainbow for Amala was created with input from children at Regents Park Community Primary School in Small Heath, Birmingham.
Sudha Bhuchar, writer attending a soft launch for the book in the Summer
'Evening Conversations' at Farnham Maltings
“Insightful, charming, funny”
There will be a performance of Evening Conversations at Tindle Studio Farnham Maltings.
'Evening Conversations' at Tara Theatre (8pm)
Bhuchar Boulevard in association with Tara Theatre presents Evening Conversations and more…
Wandsworth Council celebrates South Asian Heritage Month from 18 July to 17 August 2024 with a programme of community-focused, cultural, arts and heritage-based activities and events and as part of its programme Bhuchar Boulevard in association with Tara Theatre presents Evening Conversations and more…
In a unique offer for South Asian Heritage Month Wandsworth, Sudha will host Conversation Circles with community groups from Wandsworth and share her practice in July & August. Attendees will celebrate the extraordinary in everyday lives through capturing conversations, and exploring themes of identity, heritage, family, diasporic journeys and health & wellbeing.
The project will culminate in a circle of sharing work & free performance of Evening Conversations at Tara Theatre for the participants on Friday 6 September at 5pm & another public performance at 8pm.
Bhuchar Boulevard’s projects hold up a mirror to our common humanity and amplifies the voices and stories of South Asian artists. Founder Sudha and Associate Suman Bhuchar’s encounter with Jatinder Verma, founder of Tara Theatre, changed their lives – and Sudha collaborated with his successor, the late Abdul Shayek, on the acclaimed Final Farewell.
'Evening Conversations' at Tara Theatre (5pm)
Bhuchar Boulevard in association with Tara Theatre presents Evening Conversations and more…
Wandsworth Council celebrates South Asian Heritage Month from 18 July to 17 August 2024 with a programme of community-focused, cultural, arts and heritage-based activities and events and as part of its programme Bhuchar Boulevard in association with Tara Theatre presents Evening Conversations and more…
In a unique offer for South Asian Heritage Month Wandsworth, Sudha will host Conversation Circles with community groups from Wandsworth and share her practice in July & August. Attendees will celebrate the extraordinary in everyday lives through capturing conversations, and exploring themes of identity, heritage, family, diasporic journeys and health & wellbeing.
The project will culminate in a circle of sharing work & free performance of Evening Conversations at Tara Theatre for the participants on Friday 6 September at 5pm & another public performance at 8pm.
Bhuchar Boulevard’s projects hold up a mirror to our common humanity and amplifies the voices and stories of South Asian artists. Founder Sudha and Associate Suman Bhuchar’s encounter with Jatinder Verma, founder of Tara Theatre, changed their lives – and Sudha collaborated with his successor, the late Abdul Shayek, on the acclaimed Final Farewell.
A Game of Two Halves
Catch Khayam Khan’s passion project A Game of Two Halves released in UK cinemas in June with sporadic showings popping up. A warm-hearted holiday story, it will be on at Harrow Arts Centre on 2pm Sunday 11th August, 2024.
‘Evening Conversations’ at The FestiDale
“Full of truth and beauty”
Sudha Bhuchar presents Evening Conversations, a warm-hearted and engaging monologue inspired by Sudha’s banter with her sons, as she invites them to ‘crack open a cold one’ and share their dreams and views on life.
Tickets from £1-£10.
From Fragments to Fiction: Writing Workshop
From Fragments to Fiction: Writing workshop
Join us for this monologue and scene writing workshop, where Sudha Bhuchar will share her practice of using verbatim testimonies and everyday conversations as seeds of inspiration for works like Evening Conversations.
Through practical exercises, participants will experience how to access collective memory and spontaneous dialogue, shaping into short scenes and monologues.
There will also be space for conversation and a Q&A about Sudha’s other work, touching on how truthful, political and stirring work can start from these seemingly small beginnings – the extraordinary in the everyday.
Tickets range from £1 - £5.
Balti Kings at Retracing Our Footsteps
As part of Bhuchar Boulevard’s Retracing Our Footsteps project Tara theatre hosts a reading of Balti Kings by Sudha Bhuchar & Shaheen Khan on Wednesday 31 July between 12pm-2pm for their South Asian Play Reading Group.
Originally produced by Tamasha Theatre in 1999 and remounted in 2000, and directed by Kristine Landon-Smith this story is set in Birmingham’s Balti Land, where Indian restaurants ruthlessly compete for custom, curry wars rage with price slashing and chef poaching.
Restaurateur Yahsin Anwar is on the verge of being swallowed up by the mighty Karachi Karahi. To ward off this threat, his family plan a grand re-opening where you can pile your plate for under a fiver and ‘curryoke’ into the night. But the temperature in the kitchen soon rises, as the chef is faced with the challenge of producing 35 dishes in five hours, hampered by staff whose personal affairs are also hotting up…
“The writing is excellent, sharply observant about the lives of the luckless wage-slaves in the kitchen. The acting has a superb understated naturalism…the smells of the Indian cooking as winningly authentic as the humanity of the characterisation.”
Sudha Bhuchar at Chai and Chat: Acts of Creation
Join Sampad and Midlands Arts Centre for a special event on motherhood. Led by Sudha Bhuchar, star of Prime Video’s series ‘Expats,’ the event will delve into the diverse aspects of motherhood and offers a safe space for inspiring conversations with female artists and cultural practitioners.
Organised in connection to Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood.
All ages welcome, children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and have a ticket.
Monday 22nd July 1pm
£4.75 per person
Hexagon Theatre, mac Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, B12 9QH
Tickets available here.
‘Evening Conversations’ presents a special performance at the V&A
Celebrating 100 years of the Theatre and Performance collection, this year's Performance Festival will explore the theme 'remastered'. From making anew, to remixing the past and inspiring the future, join us for special events across the museum.
East is East: Creativity, Impact, Legacy
Celebrating 100 years of the Theatre and Performance collection, this year's Performance Festival will explore the theme 'remastered'. From making anew, to remixing the past and inspiring the future, join us for special events across the museum.
Performance Festival 2024 Opens
Celebrating 100 years of the Theatre and Performance collection, this year's Performance Festival will explore the theme 'remastered'. From making anew, to remixing the past and inspiring the future, join us for special events across the museum.
Expats: Episode Six arrives on Amazon Prime
Expats is a gripping drama about three women Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) and series from director Lulu Wang arrives January 26 on Amazon Prime. Sudha Bhuchar plays Hilary’s mother, Brinder and is in episode 4 and 6 due to be shown on 9 and 23 February.
Expats on Amazon Prime
Expats is a gripping drama about three women Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) and series from director Lulu Wang arrives January 26 on Amazon Prime. Sudha Bhuchar plays Hilary’s mother, Brinder and is in episode 4 and 6 due to be shown on 9 and 23 February.
Expats: Episode Four arrives on Amazon Prime
Expats is a gripping drama about three women Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) and series from director Lulu Wang arrives January 26 on Amazon Prime. Sudha Bhuchar plays Hilary’s mother, Brinder and is in episode 4 and 6 due to be shown on 9 and 23 February.
Expats on Amazon Prime
Expats is a gripping drama about three women Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) and series from director Lulu Wang arrives January 26 on Amazon Prime. Sudha Bhuchar plays Hilary’s mother, Brinder and is in episode 4 and 6 due to be shown on 9 and 23 February.
Expats arrives on Amazon Prime
Expats is a gripping drama about three women Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) and series from director Lulu Wang arrives January 26 on Amazon Prime. Sudha Bhuchar plays Hilary’s mother, Brinder and is in episode 4 and 6 due to be shown on 9 and 23 February.
Author in Me - a day-long Literary Festival
Join Sudha Bhuchar on Sunday 19 November at Author in Me, a day-long Literary Festival at Brent Civic Centre from 10.00 to 19:30. Sudha Bhuchar will be part of the Books to Stage Session.
‘Evening Conversations’ at the Yorkshire Festival of Story, Settle
Evening Conversations heads to Midlands Arts Centre… In this brilliant one-woman show that cuts across the generations, acclaimed actor and writer Sudha Bhuchar invites you into a warm-hearted world of storytelling.
Theatre 503 Writers Programme: From Fragments to Fiction Masterclass by Sudha Bhuchar
Join Sudha Bhuchar at Theatre503 this October where, in a bespoke masterclass, you will explore using everyday dialogue and conversations as a springboard to writing character self-portraits and short scenes that act as inspiration to fuller ideas for work.
“Sudha’s practice has evolved through using verbatim testimonies as a portal to truthful, deep and stirring work that is both personal and political. Sudha’s current piece Evening Conversations is an example of this and is now on Audible too. You will do some practical work and also have a conversation/Q and A about how some of Sudha’s projects have evolved using this process”.
‘Evening Conversations’ at Queen’s Theatre
“An evening like no other”
“As an actor Bhuchar is consummate, a great reader of a room and a talented wordsmith….as funny a show as it is insightful. Disarmingly Charming”
“Bhuchar radiates knowledge, warmth and real likability”
Bhuchar Boulevard presents
Evening Conversations
Bhuchar Boulevard is delighted that Evening Conversations will open the Blueprint Festival at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch at 18.00 on Tuesday 10 October 2023, launching a week of innovative and experimental work animating the theatre from 10 to 14 October.
“You’re the one with the identity crisis mum, not us!”
“Subtle blending of the personal and the political. Gently caustic….beautiful and moving”
“Bhuchar has a marvellous stillness and confidence”
“‘Bhuchar does not shy away from the difficult subjects of racism and politics, but she addresses them with the same dry insight and self-reflective equilibrium that she brings to her dissection of her dialogues with her children. There is so much to enjoy in these meditations!”
Guest appearance in EXPATS
“I have a wonderful guest appearance in two episodes of a forthcoming series, EXPATS directed by Lulu Wang and starring Nicole Kidman and Sarayu Blue” - Sudha Bhuchar
EXPATS will be at the London Film Festival, Curzon Soho on 9 October, with a standalone feature-length episode focusing on the domestic workers whose invisible labour props up the privileged lives of the wealthy women who are at the heart of the series.
‘Evening Conversations’ at Midlands Arts Centre
Evening Conversations heads to Midlands Arts Centre… In this brilliant one-woman show that cuts across the generations, acclaimed actor and writer Sudha Bhuchar invites you into a warm-hearted world of storytelling.