British-Sri Lankan actor Nimmi Harasgama has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with “Silence,” a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre. Harasgama, who w…
has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with “Silence,” a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre.
The actor shot to international prominence with a brace of films by Sri Lankan auteur Prasanna Vithanage – “August Sun” , for which she won best actress at Las Palmas, and “Flowers of the Sky” , which premiered at Busan. After some shorts and roles in BBC series “Doctors,” Harasgama had an extended run on the U.K. stage in productions such as “The Snow Queen” ; “Gandhi and Coconuts” ; “Aunty Netta’s Holiday for Asylum” ; and “Handful of Henna” .
The play presents a shared history inspired by the personal testimonies of British Asians who lived through the last days of the British Raj, and the horrors of the partition that split the subcontinent asunder and cost millions of lives. “It’s important that we own who we are as British Asians,” says Harasgama. “That’s really important that you do look back at the history – that the reason we’re here in this country is because of the fact that Britain was there,” adding that colonialism has caused “untold trauma” and “devastation to communities.”is due to film between January and March 2023. A comedy series she has written, titled “Brown Girl Panic,” has been optioned by Blue Bear Productions.
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