POOJA GHAI
DIRECTOR
Pooja is an award-winning director, actor, and mentor.
She is the Artistic Director of Tamasha, a company that platforms and develops theatrical voices from the Global Majority.
She is also the Co-Chair of Artistic Directors of the Future and Stage Directors UK, a trustee for Pop-Up Org CIC, and an Associate Artist at Kali Theatre; a company dedicated to developing ground-breaking contemporary theatre by female South Asian writers.
Pooja was the Associate Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East from 2015 – 2017.
AWARDS
EASTERN EYE ARTS, CULTURE AND THEATRE AWARDS
LIONS AND TIGERS – Best Director (2018)
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THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
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Great Expectations | Royal Exchange Theatre | 2023 | |
The Empress | Swan Theatre, Stratford | 2023 | |
Hakawatis | Shakespeare's Globe | 2022 | |
Lotus Beauty | Hampstead Theatre | 2022 | |
Seriously Annoying | Arcola Theatre | 2021 | |
Underlying Conditions | World Theatre Lab | 2022 | Digital |
2020: Collection Three | Tara Theatre | 2021 | |
Approaching Empty | Tamasha, Kiln, Live Theatre | 2019 | |
Rapunzel | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2017 | |
Lions and Tigers | Shakespeare's Globe | 2017 | |
Counting Stars | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2106 | |
The House of In Between | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2016 | |
Home Theatre | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2015 | |
Angelic Tales | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2015 | |
Tamasha 25 | Rich Mix | 2015 | |
Shakti & Seva | Rich Mix | 2015 | |
Mother India | Rich Mix | 2015 | Rehearsed reading |
The Accordion Shop | NT Connections | 2015 | |
The Difference | Soho Theatre | 2015 | |
The Tune is Always Better on the Outside | The Bedford | 2014 | |
Oysters | The Bedford | 2104 | |
Mirad a boy from Bosnia | The Bedford | 2104 |
TV & FILM CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
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DANCE CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
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OPERA CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
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