THEWHATWORKS presents an original adaptation of 'Romeo & Juliet' by Thusitha Jayasundera. First produced and developed by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Cunard Ltd, it has recently completed a successful world tour onboard the Queen Mary 2 and is now being prepared for an international tour of festivals in summer 2013.

A brand new puppetry play in Bangla and English for 3-6 year olds. Follow Slither the Snake as he and the animals of the jungle make friends and teach each other fun words. Having performed free shows to great acclaim around Tower Hamlets early in 2012 we are developing the show for a larger tour in 2013. Dreamtime is part of a larger project currently being pitched for TV production on Bangla TV channels in the UK and Bangladesh.

“A woman knew a story. She also knew a song. But she kept them to herself, never told anyone the story nor sang the song. Imprisoned within her, the story and the song wanted release, wanted to run away” As the story unfolds we learn the reason for the woman’s silence, and begin to hope that one day she may be able to tell her story, and to sing her song, again.

THEWHATWORKS joined Shakespeare’s Globe to bring Dhaka Theatre’s acclaimed production of The Tempest in Bangla to the Globe to Globe Festival in May 2012 to fantastic audience responses. Directed by veteran director Nasiruddin Yousuff, the production showcased Manipuri dance and other vibrant Bangladeshi performance forms.

PiNiK is a play in Bangla devised by Imogen Butler-Cole with a group of actors from Prachyanat (Dhaka’s foremost experimental theatre group) for Alo (an Organisation for Drug Awareness) in order to combat the problem with drugs – predominantly heroin and yabba – prevalent on the streets of Dhaka and throughout Bangladesh.

The Vagina Monologues was produced for V-Day Dhaka by a group of non-professional actresses for the second time ever in Bangladesh on 15th and 16th April 2011.

CAPOEIRA: Fora das Correntes (Since the Chains Were Broken) is a visceral piece of devised physical theatre, inspired by the Afro-Brazilian dance-fight-game. Our play uses the movements, music and ritual elements of capoeira to follow the tragic true story of a young man who gives his life to the form. Wheeling back in time we learn that despite its lethal potential, capoeira unites.

Welcomed by the characters into the David Sassoon Library, a multipurpose outdoor venue which beautifully represents the world of the play, audience members moved with the action from scene to scene. The location encompassed distinct areas of the Governor’s country mansion, with new settings opening up as the play progressed.

THEWHATWORKS Cabaret took place over a year between 2008 - 2009 at Cosmobar in London's Clerkenwell. The cabaret was an experimental feast of performance including music, dance, film, comedy, spoken word, burlesque and clowning.

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