This workshop poses the question: what is it about Shakespeare's writing that has proved so congenial to adaptation in recent Hindi cinema? Paying attention to the idea of "masala" as mixture -- mixed genres, mixed audiences, mixed locations, mixed languages -- Harris will tease out the unexpected Shakespearean qualities of Hindi cinema and the masala qualities of Shakespeare. In particular, Harris will show how Shakespeare's language finds an uncanny counterpoint in the language of the masala movie, including the lyrics of songs and (unexpectedly) item numbers. As a result, workshop participants will realise how, if Shakespeare were alive today, he might just be writing for cinema rather than for theatre, and for Bollywood rather than for Hollywood.

This workshop is about shifting your visual paradigm. It will explore different objects and ideas and open one's mind to looking at things differently. Words, images and narratives build ideas and ideas shape a thought that, in turn, becomes a visual. The process of thinking differently and setting yourself apart will be the objective of this session.

A theatre workshop based on the experiences of the Open-Air Political theatre.