— ABOUT THE PROJECT

Tamasha is an adaptation project, focusing and honing in on a unique form of political theatre originating from Punjab, India. This theatre was helmed by one of the greatest playwrights and theatre-makers in Punjab’s history, Gursharan Singh Bhaji. We plan to put up an original production with an original storyline – inspired and created using 6 of Bhaji’s short plays that Azal translated and adapted as a full-length show in 2023. From the initial translation to the project’s completion, we had intended to go through two development workshops. This project will also be an opportunity for many young and emerging professional artists to hone their craft and engage in theatrical endeavors that are challenging and unique. Tamasha is a project in which the director, actors, and designers will continuously be crafting and adapting the theatre form used by Gursharan Singh in Punjab, India into a physical and verbal artistic language that is global. 

— BIOGRAPHY

Julian Smith (Production design and technical arts, 2022) Julian Smith is a proud Newfoundlander who brings a sense of curiosity, collaboration and empathy to his work, particularly in stage management and sound design.
Julian is forever thankful for his friends at NTS and his mentors who include Andrea Lundy, Kathryn Westoll, Mel St Jacques, Verne Good, Jesse MacMillan and Rob Denton.
Julian has a diploma in Stage and Screen Technique from Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he has been fortunate enough to work on some amazing shows with great people. Select credits include Everybody Just Calm the F Down, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland (Sound and Video Assistant), Soldiers Heart, New Curtain Theatre (Stage Manager) and Never Swim Alone, Grouphug Productions (Stage Manager and Sound Designer).
At NTS, Julian has worked on various shows, including Cabaret (Sound Designer), Venus (Stage Manager), IUTDSI (Livestream Director), NTS Directors Ghostlight Project (Sound Design, crew member) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stage Manager and Sound Designer).