STRICTLY DANDIA A play by SUDHA BHUCHAR and KRISTINE LANDON-SMITH; Music Shri (Shrikanth Sriram) Presented by Tamasha Theatre Company and the Lyric Hammersmith Director Kristine Landon-Smith Decor Sue Mayes Lighting Chris Davey Sound Mike Furness Choreography Liam Steel LYRIC HAMMERSMITH - 20 January – 14 February 2004 SYNOPSIS This is the story of how dance unites across racial and social divides. Dandia is a Hindu folk dance that, not unlike morris dancing, involves the clicking together of short sticks. The piece is set during Navratri — the nine-night festival before Diwali — and all the members of North London's Gujarati community are preening, picking out their outfits and perfecting their steps for the intercaste dandia competition. Parental plotting is afoot to broker a marriage between high-caste teenager Preethi and geeky computer whiz-kid Dinesh. But Preethi only has eyes for Raza. The trouble is, Raza is a Muslim. Can Preethi and Raza overcome prejudice and win the dance competition — and each other's hearts? THE ORIGINAL CAST Sudha Bhuchar - Prema Ghedia Charubala Chokshi - Shanti Patel Susan Cruse - Roopa Shaheen Khan - Pushpa Shah Jalpa Patel - Hina Shah Shiv Grewal - Mohan Patel/ Popatlal Shah Davina Hemlall - Sonya Patel Divian Ladwa - Dinesh Don Kalss - Jaz Simon Nagra - Bharat Shah Prashant Kapoor - Anant Patel Sonit Shringi - Shrenek Patel Paul Tilley - Raza Fiona Wade - Preethi
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