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'''Sudha Bhuchar''' (born 1961 or 1962) is a Tanzanian-born British Asian actor, playwright, and co-founder of the Tamasha Theatre Company. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamasha.org.uk/productions/past/|title=Past Productions - Tamasha Theatre Company|last=Company|first=Tamasha Theatre|website=www.tamasha.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> She is best known for Tamasha's ''Balti Kings'' (1999), ''A Fine Balance'' (2005), ''The Trouble with Asian Men'' (2005), and ''My Name Is...'' (2014) as well as numerous screenplays for television and film. <ref name=":1"bc>{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/sudha-bhuchar|title=Sudha Bhuchar - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> Bhuchar's playwriting and producing work focuses on the stories of British Asians with the goal of attracting culturally and ethnically diverse audiences. <ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhucharboulevard.com/|title=Home|website=Bhuchar Boulevard|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> She is called "one of Britain's most successful artistic theatre directors and well-established actors" by ''Asian Culture Vulture'' online magazine. <ref>http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/artistic-director-25-years-experience-treated-like-a-beginner/</ref>
 
== Early Life and Education ==
Bhuchar was born in Tanga, Tanzania, to Indian parents. <ref name=":12">{{Citebc web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/sudha-bhuchar|title=Sudha Bhuchar - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> She identifies as a British Asian and spent her childhood traveling back and forth from India. When Bhuchar was 11 years old, the family moved to King's Lynn Norfolk. She describes herself as "a chronically shy teenager" and focused academically on science and math, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Maths and Sociology from Roehampton Institute (now known as University of Roehampton). <ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhucharboulevard.com/|title=Home|website=Bhuchar Boulevard|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> Bhuchar credits her first interest with theatre to attending the performance of Tara Arts, a South Asian cultural entertainment group, at a Diwali celebration in 1979. She joined the group to connect with other young British Asians. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/jul/06/whoswhoinbritishtheatre.features18|title=Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith|date=2002-07-06|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref>
 
She lives in London with her sons and husband. <ref name=":22" />
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In 1989, Bhuchar and director Kristine Landon-Smith founded Tamasha Theatre Company with the mission of popularizing Asian art into the British mainstream culture, diversifying narratives, and encouraging developing artists from ethnic minorities. <ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamasha.org.uk/about/history/|title=History - Tamasha Theatre Company|last=Company|first=Tamasha Theatre|website=www.tamasha.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> At Tamasha, Bhuchar has worked as a playwright, actor, and co-Artistic Director. According to Bhuchar in a 2014 interview with ''London Calling'' cultural review, Tamasha is a "political company" that encourages "diversity in the arts, representation on the stages, [and] writers from backgrounds which don't normally birth artists and writers". <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londoncalling.com/features/a-day-in-the-life-of-tamasha-theatre-company|title=Tamasha Theatre {{!}} A Day In The Life {{!}} Sudha Bhuchar & Fin Kennedy|website=www.londoncalling.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> In a 1999 interview with ''The Guardian'', Bhuchar explained that casting opportunities for Asian actors in England are limited and "unimaginative". <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/jul/14/artsfeatures2|title=If you want it done properly...|date=1999-07-14|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref>
 
For their work with Tamasha, Bhuchar and Landon-Smith jointly won the 2005 Asian Women of Achievement Awards for Arts and Culture and the 2010 First Women Award in the Tourism and Leisure Category. <ref name=":13">{{Citebc web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/sudha-bhuchar|title=Sudha> Bhuchar - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref>
 
After 26 years, Bhuchar retired from her Artistic Director position at Tamasha and founded a new theatre company, Bhuchar Boulevard in 2015. <ref name=":3" />
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