Love 'N Stuff

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Tanika Gupta returns with a hilarious and touching story of love, attachment and what we mean by home. Bindi and Mansoor might just be the most popular couple on their street, but after 45 years of a loving marriage, Mansoor has vowed to swap the cold streets of Stratford for a sun soaked Delhi. The problem Bindis not convinced and has concocted a last minute plan to lure him back.

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Guptas play is quite a soft-centred pieceLovely writing. * What's On Stage *
...warm-hearted, touching and hilarious * British Theatre Guide *

Author Bio

After graduating from Oxford University, Tanika Gupta worked as a community worker and in an Asian womens refuge for several years. She began writing drama in the early 1990s. Tanika has written extensively for theatre, radio, film and television. Her play, The Waiting Room (National Theatre), won the John Whiting Award in 2000. Oberon Books publishes Gladiator Games (Sheffield Crucible), Sanctuary (National Theatre), Meet the Mukherjees (Bolton Octagon), Hobsons Choice (Young Vic), The Country Wife (Watford Palace), Catch (Royal Court), Fragile Land (Hampstead Theatre), Sugar Mummies (Royal Court), White Boy (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre), Wah! Wah! Girls, The Empress, her adaptation of Great Expectations (Watford Palace) and her collection, Tanika Gupta: Political Plays (2012). She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement (2004), was the recipient of the Amnesty International Media Award (2005) for her radio play, Chitra and won the BBC Audio Drama Award 2013 for best adaptation for her version of A Dolls House. Tanika was awarded an MBE in 2008.