Playwright Rani Moorthy: Handful of Henna

29th January 2010

 

ASIAN VOICES: RANI MOORTHY

The actor and playwright talks to Suman Bhuchar about her career and her latest play, Handful of Henna (Rasa with Oxfordshire Theatre Company), a touring production which examines the magical powers of henna in the context of a wedding story. Recorded at Watermans.

For the first time, here in Britain, I could explore ideas that I could not touch on because of censorship in Malaysia or Singapore.