with the kind permission of the National Theatre and Ajoka Theatre Pakistan
Monday 20 February, 6pm
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Sheffield Students’ Union
Book your place now: lrsdara.eventbrite.co.uk
Dara Sheffield Uni screening poster Feb 20
Picture credit – Ellie KurttzDara, staged jointly by the National Theatre, London and the Ajoka Theatre, Pakistan, is the epic tale of the 17th-century prince Dara Shikoh and his brother and nemesis Aurangzeb, whose dispute played a key role in shaping the history of modern-day India and Pakistan, and addresses historic debates around religious freedom and practice. It stimulates discussion on issues of culture, history and religious tolerance.
Dara’s Creative Team included Shahid Nadeem writer at the Ajoka Theatre; Nadia Fall, director at the National Theatre, Tanya Ronder, writer and adapter at the National
Theatre and Anwar Akhtar production consultant to the Ajoka Theatre Pakistan and the National Theatre.
PLUS Q&A after the screening with:
• SIIBS Honorary Professor Adam Dinham
Director, Faith and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths
University of London
• Dr Anna Peila
Lecturer, Leeds Trinity and author, Muslim Women
Online: Faith and Identity in a Virtual World
• Anwar Akhtar
Dara Production Consultant and Director of Samosa
Media (thesamosa.co.uk)
The Sheffield
Institute for
Interdisciplinary
Biblical Studies
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