Performance

VenueCochrane Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From22nd May 2007
To27th May 2007
WhenTue-Sat 19:30. Sun Mat 16:00
PricesFrom £16.00. To £16.00.
What is currently on at Cochrane Theatre (V181)

Mistaken...Annie Besant in India

T1760044916
1914: India is simmering with discontent against the Raj. English activist Annie Besant arrives: political, charismatic, seeking a new start The English courts have taken her own children from her. India gives her a new faith - Theosophy; a new cause - Indian independence; and a new adopted family - two poor Brahmin boys, Krishnamurti and Nitya. The boys' father wants them back, but Annie is determined to proclaim Krishnamurti the new Messiah. Annie co-founds the Indian Home Rule movement, and is imprisoned by the British for sedition. Gandhi is at first her supporter, and later an opponent, as the boys' adoption is contested as fiercely as India's struggle for freedom. Will Annie's great love affair with India survive? ...Was she mistaken in her beliefs, her adoptions and her causes? A multi-racial cast collaborates to bring to life the incredible story of an amazing woman's relationship with India, and the boy who went on to become one of India's greatest teachers and thinkers. This is a celebration by a British Asian writer of the life of an extraordinary Englishwoman whose fight for Indian independence is the stuff of legend.
Author Rukhsana Ahmad


Archive :: production:T1760044916, play:S0386766817, venue:V181

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Company

Company Vayu Naidu Company (in association with Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Director Chris Banfield
Design Marsha Roddy
Performer Vayu Naidu (Storyteller)
Performer Ros Stockwell (Annie Besant)
Performer Narinder Samra (Krishnamurti)
Performer Rohit Gokani (Gandhi)
Performer Ruby Sahota (Sidra)
Performer Ranjit Krishnamma (Narayaniah)
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