Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre have announced casting for the world première of Silence, a new play adapted from Kavita Puri’s Partition Voices: Untold British Stories, running at the Donmar Warehouse from 1-17 September and Tara Theatre from 21 September-1 October.

Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Ishy Din and Alexandra Wood, the production marks 75 years since the Partition of India, examining the legacy this brutal moment in history leaves us with today.

Artistic Director of Tara Theatre, Abdul Shayek directs Renu Brindle, Sujaya Dasgupta, Nimmi Harasgama, Bhasker Patel, Jay Saighal, Rehan Sheikh and Martin Turner in the production.

Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Michael Longhurst, said: “We are delighted to be collaborating with Tara Theatre for the first time with this vital new play, specially commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India. The play tells the remarkable true stories of those involved in such a key moment in history, inspired by extraordinary testimony and acknowledging events that need to be spoken of in Britain.”

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