Past Productions
2006 Babel Junction - a collaborative play set in Hackney
2005 Playwrite - we contributed to the Hackney Word Festival Write to Ignite with a playwriting course lead by Christopher Preston. 10 writers worked on 20 minute scripts which were then read at the Homerton Ligrary.
Pacific Voices - a national tour of polynesian stories and spoken word.
2004 Babel Junction workshops began with five writers from different faith and clultural backrounds.
2003 Rehearsed readings of Emancipation Day (Diary of an Edwardian Lady of Colour) at Soho Theatre, Stoke Newington School & Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Purakau Pounamu National Tour
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2002 The Diary of an Edwardian Lady (of Colour)
Research and workshops around the true story of the Rice Family from Sutton.
2001 What's Your Story? A research project gathering stories and photographic images from the diverse communities living around Islington Arts and Media School. 23 interviews were collected for publication and drama workshops held with year nine pupils on the theme of immigration.
You're In Danger by Jerome Thomas. A drama and video project with the Queensbridge Youth Club, Hackney. A six minute futuristic space adventure was produced combining live action, illustration and narration. 22 youth club members between 8 and 15 contributed, 9 as performers and 15 as artists.
1999 Outwrite In East London continued at HomertonCollege, Hackney.
The Davids a Gay Comedy by Christopher Preston was co-produced with the London New Play Festival. Many of the performances were sold out and the production achieved an overall box office of 80%.
1998 Outwrite in East London continued in Newham Schools and Homerton College site. 25 young writers in East London benefited from having their work performed.
Shooting Baskets and Shaving Legs written by Waltham Forest Young Writers and Performers (LADDERS) became a reality rehearsals, shooting and editing involved over 20 young people in all aspects of Video production.
Memories of an Indian Childhood written and performed by Sita Ramamurthy was premiered at Leicester Haymarket Studio and subsequently toured to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
1997 Outwrite In East London continued with three Newham Secondary Schools and Homerton College in Hackney taking part; the development of a video script with the Waltham forest Young Writers & Performers and a series of play writing workshops for Waltham Forest Secondary Schools.
Contemporary Classics - Antigone Was a piece of research to investigate the possible similarities in form between the Ancient Greek Drama and the Kuddiyatam, and ancient Sanskrit drama form which survives today. The resulting workshops with musicians and actors explored inter- cultural theatre forms and will be invaluable for future work.
1996 Outwrite In East London continued with scripts by 29 teenage playwrights performed.
1995 Over Hear by Neil Biswas toured to Plymouth, High Wycombe, Leicester, Harrow, Bristol and London (3 venues). It received 33 performances in 8 venues.
OUTWRITE IN EAST LONDON (Finding the writers of the future) was launched with programmes in Newham and Waltham Forest. Teenagers attended after school playwrighting workshops\culminating in script in hand performances by professional actors.
1994 Maya Productions was founded by Sita Ramamurthy and Christopher Preston . It’s purpose was to encourage work by Black and Asian playwrights.
