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The Beautiful Violin is a play by Adam Strickson. ^[1] Written in the Jatra (Bengal) style, it takes place during the 19th century in rural Bangladesh and tells the story of a tragic romance. It was co-commissioned by Peshkar Productions and the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. It was nominated for the Best New Play category at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards of 2002. ^[2]

Original tour

The piece was directed by Iain Bloomfield and toured nationally to the following venues in 2002: ^[3]

• Oldham Coliseum Theatre
• Contact Theatre
• Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
• The Bradford Alhambra
• Meredith Studio, Huddersfield
• The Square Chapel, Halifax

Cast

• Ahad Ullah
• Balvinder Sopal - Bhelua
• Everal Walsh - Vivek
• Perveen Hussain
• Jaleel Akhtar
• Ross Millar

References

External links

• Peshkar's official website
• Peshkar's Arts Council profile
• Interview with Adam Strickson
• Review of the play by Dominic Rai