Details

Midnight's Children is a complex work combining three main tales: the turbulent history of twentieth-century India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: the saga of a Muslim family: the story of one man, Saleem Sinai, whose telepathic powers allow him to communicate with other children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15 1947.

Cast/Performers

Zubin Varla (Saleem), Kish Sharma (Zulfikar / Wee Willie Winkie / Mujib), Meneka Das (Amina), Mala Ghedia (Pia / Masha), Anjali Jay (Jamila), Shaheen Khan (Naseem / Lila), Syreeta Kumar (Alia / Parvati), Tania Rodrigues (Emerald), Sirine Saba (Mary Pareira / Rani of Cooch Neheen), Sameena Zehra (Padma), Ravi Aujla (Mian Abdullah / Hanif / Ayooba), Antony Bunsee (Tai / Lifafa Das / Deshmukh), Pushpinder Chani (Joe d'Costa / Shaheed / Thin Man), Kammy Darweish (Nariker / Ghani / Sabarmati / Sonny), Neil D'Souza (Bose / Nadir / Fat Perce / Zia / Najmuddin), Kulvinder Ghir (Aadam / Picture Singh), Alexi Kaye Campbell (Methwold / Zegallo / Priest / Brigadier Dyer), Ranjit Krishnamma (Homi Catrack / Glandy Keith / Farooq), Selva Rasalingam (Shiva), Antony Zaki (Anmed / Fat Man)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Salman Rushdie
Adapted by(s): Simon Reade, Tim Supple, Salman Rusdie
Producer(s): Royal Shakespeare Company, Colubia University, University of Michigan, University Musical Society
Director: Tim Supple
Design: Melly Still
Lighting: Tina MacHugh
Choreographer: Melly Still
Sound: John Leonard