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Jessie Anand Productions and Theatre503 present
I am Bungalow. A brick construct in my sixties, I was born with the stain of original sin on my soul. Oh, the things I have seen. Spend some time within my walls. Welcome home.
Agatha returns to her childhood bungalow to care for her vulnerable mother and for the first time in her life has her all to herself – the perfect opportunity to have that chat where all the unsaid things are finally said. However, little does Agatha know that Bungalow, groaning under the weight of the secrets it has witnessed, has a mind of its own.
BUNGALOW is the first full-length play from emerging Anglo-Indian writer Ruth D’Silva, and was shortlisted in 2023 for the RSC’s 37 Plays Folio. Exploring the duty of care and the burden of shame in a contemporary Anglo-Indian family, BUNGALOW is a vital new work about one woman’s attempt to take control of her own story.
This production will be directed by Beth Kapila, who is currently a Regional Associate at Tamasha and started developing BUNGALOW in her previous role as Artistic Associate at Tara Theatre. Other credits include OUR STREETS at Tara Theatre and WHEN THE SEA SWALLOWS US WHOLE at VAULT Festival. BUNGALOW is presented by Jessie Anand Productions, whose recent work includes THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT (Bush Theatre) and ORLANDO (59E59, New York).
Running time: 120 minutes (including a 15 minute interval)
Age guidance: 16+
Content Warnings: This show contains themes that some audience members may find distressing. If this sounds like it could apply to you, you can view the content information by clicking the link here. You can also view a full Care Pack at the link here.
25 & 26 February 7.30pm WRITERS NIGHTS: A chance for writers to enjoy a discounted ticket and meet our literary department and the writer of the show. Attendees to Writers Nights are invited to submit for our Rapid Write Response initiative. To unlock a £8 ticket, email boxoffice@theatre503.com to be digitally tagged as a writer. If you have previously been tagged as a writer, your ticket will automatically adjust to £8 on the final page of booking – you do not need a Promo Code. On each Writers Night, there will be a Q&A with the literary department and writer of the show between 6:50pm-7:20pm. If you are unable to attend one of our Writers Nights, the £8 Writers tickets will also be available up until Saturday 1 March 2025.
5 March 7:30pm & 8 March 2:30pm PAY WHAT YOU CHOOSE: These are our two Pay What You Choose performances, where tickets start from £6.
12 March 12pm PARENT & BABY: Provided as an opportunity for parents and/or guardians to enjoy a spot of theatre without the need to hire a babysitter. Please note, we do not exclude other audience members from booking to see this performance.
14 March 7:30pm CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE: This performance will be captioned.
This Production has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Ruth D'Silva
Ruth D’Silva is an emerging, working-class, Anglo-Indian writer living in South London. As a person of dual heritage her blood runs with the colonised and the coloniser, giving her a unique drive to bring people together and contemplate through the lens of drama how a difficult colonial history makes us love in places that don't love us back. Ruth won an MGCfutures bursary to adapt the classic colonial novel BLACK NARCISSUS in which she flips the perspective from the colonisers to the colonised. The play is now in development and had an R&D at the Donmar Warehouse in July 2024. Ruth was shortlisted for the RSC 37 Plays Folio and is an alumni of the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting group, Soho Theatre Labs and the School of HighTide. She has also received a seed commission from Tara Theatre. Ruth is delighted that BUNGALOW is programmed at Theatre503 in 2025.
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