Anita and Me

by Tanika Gupta

Overview

This poignant coming-of-age tale follows Meena, the irreverent teenage daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington. When she becomes friends with the impossibly feisty Anita, she thinks she’s found her soul mate but her world is turned upside down and she finds herself caught between her two cultures.

Adapted from the much-loved novel by the award winning playwright Tanika Gupta and with specially composed music by the Ringham brothers, Anita And Me paints a colourful portrait of village life in 1970’s West Midlands during the era of flares, power

cuts and glam rock.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783199327
Publisher:	Oberon Books
Publication date:	10/21/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	847 KB

About the Author

After graduating from Oxford University, Tanika Gupta worked as a community worker and in an Asian women’s 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 The Empress (RSC), Love N Stuff (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Gladiator Games (Theatre Royal Stratford East and Sheffield Crucible), Sanctuary (National Theatre), Meet the Mukherjees (Bolton Octagon), Hobson’s 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), 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 Doll’s House. Tanika was awarded an MBE in 2008.