Performance
Recent Performance
The PappyShow’s 10th Birthday Pit Party
★★★★★
‘Jaw-dropping and a joy to witness’ - The Reviews Hub
“In celebration of their tenth anniversary, The PappyShow return to host this exciting mixed-bill of performances that showcase their own work and other outstanding artists they love from across the last decade. Enjoy the best of dance, physical performance, music, film and spoken word. Collaboration, community and showcasing marginalised identities is at the heart of the night.’
Source: Barbican Theatre
Dir.: Kane Husbands
Knotted - A Season of Bangla Drama
“Knotted is a new play by artist, theatre maker and writer Tasnim Siddiqa Amin. The story follows two best friends who have found themselves trapped underground someplace. They must work together to escape, but do they trust each other? A gripping coming-of-age tale about the blurry lines between love and friendship.
The play tackles themes of love, friendship, sexual identity and internal religious conflict. The title alludes to the struggle that is common for young queer people from Muslim families.
The play has a radical narrative structure. The timelines chop and change. The stories they tell one another become surreal. What is real and what is fantasy? What secrets remain unspoken?”
Source: Tower Hamlets
Cast: Anika - Alicia Fernandes, Ruhena - Jess Senanayake
Written by Tasnim Saddiqa Amin, Directed by Estrella Mabika, and Produced by Nikhat Hoque
Photography by Rehan Jamil
Purple - Edinburgh Festival Fringe
‘A magnificent piece of new theatre’ ‘Beautiful… both in writing and performance’ ‘A confrontational, well-orchestrated, important production’
‘Tonight's the night. You know, the night. The night Stacey and Sam are going to… you know. But when the clothes come off, Stacey flees the scene, leaving her bewildered boyfriend half-dressed behind her. Embarrassed and confused, Stacey struggles to unpick exactly what her problem is with sex. From her unsympathetic boyfriend to her eccentric friends, no one seems to quite grasp Stacey's dilemma, let alone herself, until she meets Owen. The story of a girl who wants everything and nothing to do with sex all at once, fighting the stigma surrounding what is ultimately just another sexuality.’ - The Voice Matters Theatre Company
Quotes taken from audience reviews. Photography by Liz Isles.
Extended Credits
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Training: The Choir of King’s College London
Selected credits include:
Messiah and Music for a Queen at London Handel Festival, Anton and Erin’s Christmas Cracker at Royal Albert Hall, Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil at Barnes Music Festival.
Other venues include:
St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Martin in the Fields, Claridge’s Hotel, The Penninsula, Southwark Cathedral, St. George’s Cathedral, Duke University, St. Mary Woolnoth, Barcelona Cathedral, St. John’s Smith Square, The British Museum, St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Mary le Strand, Church of the Incarnation (NYC), St. Bartholomew’s Park Avenue (NYC).
Albums include:
Advent Carol’s From King’s College London (2019), The Cloud Messenger (2020), Sean Shibe: Say It to the Still World (2021), Edward Nesbit: Sacred Choral Music (2022)
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10th Birthday Pit Party, The PappyShow, Barbican (2023). Dir. Kane Husbands
Knotted, A Season of Bangla Drama, Arts One (2023), Dir. Estrella Mabika
West Pier, The New School, NYC (2020), Dir. Omar Sangare
Purple, The Voice Matters Theatre Company, C Aquila at Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2019), Dir. Aude Naudi-Bonnemaison
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Biddy: Managed Expectations, Cutpurse, The Old Church (2022). Piano, Violin and Voice.