Alison Oddey's interviews with prominent performing women, span generations, cultures, perspectives, practice and the best part of the 20th century, telling various stories collectively. Stand ups, classic actresses, film and television personalities, experimental and alternative practitioners discuss why they want to perform, what motivates them, and how their personal history has contributed to their desires to perform. Oddey's critical and analytical introductory essay examines themes of performers' identities, displacement, acting as playing, differences between theatre, film and television performance, attitudes towards and relationships with audiences, and working with women directors. In several interviews the additional challenge of motherhood emerges as an important subtext in the performing lives of these women.
Meera Syal Book order (chronological)
Meera Syal is a British author who delves into the cultural intersection of the Indian diaspora and British society. Her works often capture, with humor and poignancy, the experiences of second-generation immigrants navigating their search for identity and the complexities of tradition versus modernity. Syal approaches her writing with keen observation and empathy, crafting characters that are relatable, witty, and memorable.
A novel about friendship, marriage and betrayal set in a British Asian community background. It is written by the author of ANITA AND ME.
The debut novel from the award-winning screenwriter of Bhaji on the Beach. The story of nine-year-old Meena, growing up in the only Punjabi family in the Black Country mining village of Tollington. číst celé