{"id":23,"date":"2023-04-28T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maraba-show.co.uk\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T08:43:21","slug":"mara-ba-the-show","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maraba-show.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Ba &#8211; The Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Mara Ba<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mara Ba <\/em>(My Mother in Gujarati) is a multilingual, semi-biographical play, written in English, Gujarati and Swahili. Jump through time and across continents with Rupa, a young Gujarati woman, as she seeks her \u2018happily ever after\u2019 from 1960s Kenya to contemporary England.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A night of creative storytelling, music, and cross-cultural conversations which shed light on unique, untold and funny stories from those who push the boundaries of immigration, disability and gender-roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 hour 20 minutes plus&nbsp;20-minute interval<br>For ages 16+<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by <strong>Sonali Shah including original songs<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preview Version<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by <strong>Octavia&nbsp;Nyombi<\/strong><br>Designed by <strong>Ivy Richards<\/strong><br>Video, stills and post-production by <strong>Jon Legge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Celine Shamdasani <\/strong>(as Rupa)<br><strong>Jishnu Soni<\/strong> (as Vijay and Parita)<br><strong>Sonali Shah&nbsp;<\/strong>(as Priya)<br><strong>Sanjay Dattani <\/strong>(Ram, Usha, sari shop owner)<br><strong>Adam Horvath<\/strong> (Doctor Brown, Doctor Green, air steward, taxi driver)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trailer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matra Ba trailer subtitles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVd0KSRniR4?start=39&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Photography by Jon Legge<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the full performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mara Ba full performance (subtitled)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMhYq1nywOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@maraba-show.co.uk\">info@maraba-show.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Mara Ba Mara Ba (My Mother in Gujarati) is a multilingual, semi-biographical play, written in English, Gujarati and Swahili. 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