Performance
Hamza is a highly physical performer spanning both stage and screen. His focus remains on movement-based performance but has professional experience in character/text-based styles. His work as a director and movement coach feed his performance work, with strong movement skills and a deep understanding of character physicality and intention forming the foundations of his practice. He is currently undergoing extensive training in puppetry.
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Mard.
'Mard' (BCU Media) is a movement-based piece which showcases the performers 'Journey to Expression'. The purpose of 'Mard' is to breakdown stereotypes regarding South Asian men and expression as well as the repression of emotions.
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Bhai.
Bhai /bʌɪ/. Noun. A brother.
A friendly address for a man.
Bhai (The Place) is a playfully dark dive into the intersections of movement and masculinity for brown men in Britain. What is the function of corporeality in the places where men seek brotherhood?
From prayer rituals and pints, gym culture and gender roles, Bhai uses physical theatre to caricature stereotypes and cultural hybridity - shining a light on the shadow of a man.
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WASWASA.
Waswasa (Birmingham Hippodrome) explored the physical act of Islamic prayer in modern secular Britain. Combining movement, film and spoken narrative, the show invites audiences to re-frame and de-mystify attitudes towards Islamic prayer. Presenting Islam in a authentically told and artistically rich experience.
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DISCOBALLS AND DUPATTAS.
Daytime Raves (Camden People’s Theatre) during the 80s and 90s were a huge liberation for British South Asians, giving young Desi’s an opportunity to skip school and rave to the hardest mixes from the best DJs around. Through a backdrop of these Daytimers and underscored by a different genre of DJ each performance, Discoballs and Dupattas follows a group of young wannabe ravers whilst they try and get their hands on the hottest tickets in town, all without any aunty or uncle ever finding out.
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HOLD ME [,] BACK.
Hold Me [,] Back (Oval House) is an original physical theatre piece which explores the taboos around physical contact in male friendships. Performed as part of the showcase Atmospheres:Experiences, the piece critiques attitudes of toxic masculinity by comparing gestures such as handshakes, arm-wrestles, hugs, press-ups and downing drinks.
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WAVELENGTH.
Wavelength (Boilerhouse Theatre) is an original dance theatre piece which incorporated themes of surrealism and the artistic style of Jasmin Vardimon. The narrative explores the detrimental physical and psychological effects of injuries on elite athletes.
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UNDERLINE.
Underline (Camden People’s Theatre), an original verbatim dance theatre piece, explored the complexities of comfort and discomfort on public transport.
