Caste Away Arts

Ravina Rai booked the rest of our rehearsals in the house of God. A derelict old looking building from the outside but a beautiful reflection of Gods people from the inside- a  Mandir that I’ve forgot the name of. I loved it and loved the Tea and Pokroa I mean Read the rest of this entry »

We have a new Simran! She’s going to be played by the lovely Reena Combo. She has worked with Harvinder before on the plays “Anum” and “Udham” and is also the Editor of Ikonz magazine (http://www.ikonzmag.com/). Of course being a Reena, she is multi-talented and gorgeous!…and er, modest ;o) I’ve never met Reena Combo before but I’ve spoken to her on the phone, when I organised a radio interview for her, and on email. I’m looking forward to meeting her. I’m really excited about the rehearsal tomorrow, can’t wait to see how the script changes will look. From the conversations that I’ve had with them, the cast are pretty excited about everything too. I’ve got a marathon meeting with Reena B and Ravina in a bit. So…we’ve got Rena A, Reena B and Reena C. Evidently we’re working our way through the alphabet. I wonder how far we’ll get by the end of the production… Until tomorrow! Rena A

As a social researcher there is nothing I do better than talking to the general public. My aim from now and until the first week of December is to collect narratives and voices of real people airing their opinions and feelings of anything their mind wants to unload regarding the Read the rest of this entry »

The actress that was supposed to play Simran sent me a text today saying that she needed to speak to me urgently regarding the play. I was hoping for the best but preparing myself for the worst. She told me that she is going to Hollywood to have talks with Read the rest of this entry »

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The dark circles are worse today. They look like black bin bags. I went to sleep way past midnight last night, and then dreamt about the play! BUT…I finished editing the script! What we have now is a box office smash!….seriously, book your tickets now. Not that it wasn’t amazing Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday was the first rehearsal of The Fifth Cup. I’m still on a high today! Despite the dark circles under my eyes. We (me and my very supportive husband) got back late from Birmingham last night after a meal with the majority of the cast and crew. The whole day Read the rest of this entry »

Got up this morning at the crack of dawn and prayed that everyone would turn up. Collected one of our actors and the other drive like 10 miles per hour behind me for the rest of the journey. Rena seemed very cool and relaxed eating her croissant and in fact Read the rest of this entry »