A Fine Balance

Based on the Booker-shortlisted novel by Rohinton Mistry and<BR>adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, this programme text<BR>edition of A Fine Balance is published to coincide with Tamasha Theatre Company's 2007 revival and tour of the hit play.<BR>India, 1975, and a callous government has declared a State of Emergency.<BR><BR><BR>In these uncertain times a spirited Parsi widow<BR>determined to avoid a second marriage takes a student boarder and two<BR>Hindu tailors into her ramshackle flat. The four strangers whose lives have<BR>become inextricably linked find themselves crossing divides of caste,<BR>class and religion to form the most unexpected of friendships.<BR><BR>Produced by Tamasha - creator of the groundbreaking East is East and the award-winning musical Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral - A Fine Balance was first seen at Hampstead Theatre in 2006, where it enjoyed a sell-out run.<BR><BR>'it tells a grim tale with wit, warmth and a keen eye for the join between public policies and private lives' The Times****<BR>'nothing short of a miracle' Sunday Telegraph<BR>'a moving but unsentimental homage to endurance, asking for no pity, only understanding' Sunday Times<BR>