A powerful drama, based on company improvisations, which tells the tales of ordinary people trapped on the wrong side of the border following the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Untouchable

by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith

Published 10 June 1999
Set in 1930s India, the testament of Bakhar, a latrine cleaner, illuminates attitudes towards the lowest caste at a time of tremendous political upheaval.

A compelling and hilarious story about a group of refugees who fled Sind at the time of partition and now live in an apartment block in Bombay. Staged at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East in 1991.