As Hampstead Theatre gears up for the world premiere of Satinder Chohan’s new play Lotus Beauty, here’s the full cast and creative team.
Inspired by “the resilient women and vibrant beauty salons” of Chohan’s hometown in Southall, London, Lotus Beauty follows the intertwined lives of five multigenerational women. Audiences will be taken into Reita’s salon, where clients can wax lyrical about their day’s tiny successes or have their struggles massaged, plucked or tweezed away. But with honest truths and sharp-witted barbs high among the treatments on offer, will the power of community be enough to raise the spirits of everyone who passes through the salon doors?
Directed by Pooja Ghai, the cast is headed by Anshula Bain (Tartuffe), Souad Faress (The Archers), Zainab Hasan (The Welkin), Ulrika Krishnamurti (Pink Sari Revolution) and Kiran Landa (Line of Duty).
Ghai will be joined by designer Rosa Maggiora, lighting director Matt Haskins, sound designers The Ringham Brothers, dialect coach Gurkiran Kaur and assistant director Cassia Thakkar.
Ghai said: “Lotus Beauty is both funny and poignant. Satinder’s play shines a lens on the beauty and complexity of being a migrant and a South Asian woman in modern day Britain. I am so excited to work with our wonderful cast, creative and technical teams to bring the story to life.”
Lotus Beauty will run at Hampstead Downstairs, in association with Tamasha Theatre Company, from May 13 until June 18, 2022.