East is East scaled down stage set - Photograph

East is East scaled down stage set – Photograph

Series name	Production: East is East
Description	This is a colour photograph depicting a scaled down version of the stage set for the 1997 production of ‘East is East’ by Tamasha Theatre Company. The set designer was Sue Mayes. The production was first staged in 1996, and was remounted in 1997 at the Duke of York theatre in the West End in London.
Date of Creation / Publication	1996 - 1997
Creator	Mayes, Sue
Associated Person/ Organisation	Buchar, Sudha; Tamasha Theatre Company
Location	London
Collection and Reference Number	Tamasha Theatre Company (GB 2661 TT)
Catalogue Number	TT/PRO/EE/5
Copyright	The Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable
Access to originals	The originals are located at Tamasha Theatre Company http:www.tamasha.org.uk
Series notes	In January 1997, actor Ayub Khan-Din developed the script for 'East is East' at a two-week writers workshop held by Tamasha Theatre Company in collaboration with writers from The Royal Court Theatre. This workshop was the first of its kind offered by Tamasha to provide training to British Asian theatre professionals for a particular discipline. The workshop was funded by the then London Arts Board and the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Khan-Din's 'East is East' tells the story of George Khan, a 1950s Pakistani immigrant to Britain who is married to Ella, an English woman. The play portrays the challenges of a family with mixed race origin within the Asian community, and six teenagers growing up in a predominantly working class British community in 1970s Salford.
Collection notes	The Tamasha Theatre collection consists of digitised material which relate to their productions and include items such as flyers, programmes, scripts, photographs, and stage and costume drawings.