West Country Oriental Gentleman by Jaisal Marmion

Sanjay is young, and like most young adults, facing a lot of the familiar difficult questions that confront people at that sensitive age – “Who am I?” “Where do I belong?” “Should I kill Queen Victoria?”.

The year is 1899. Indian nationalist, Sanjay, has returned to Bristol, the city he grew up in, just as the Empire’s ageing Queen is arriving for a parade in her honour. Over the course of her long reign, Victoria has survived no fewer than eight assassination attempts, but Sanjay is certain this ninth and final attempt will end the Queen’s lucky streak and change the course of history. Or at least he would be certain if all his plans weren’t already falling apart.

West Country Oriental Gentleman is a dark comedy about the end of Empire, exploring racism, identity and the horrors of Britain’s imperial past.

Featuring Special Guest: Jaisal Marmion

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Each session we will be reading a different play written by a writer of South Asian heritage. These will be a combination of new plays that are at different stages of development in addition to older legacy texts that haven’t been seen for a while and everything else in between.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet and connect with other creatives in a friendly and welcoming artistic environment. Many previous participants have gone on to write their own work which has received successful R&Ds as well as commissions, citing how useful Tara Theatre’s play reading group has been as a part of their professional journeys.

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