Mind Walking

Tanika Gupta has written for theatre, radio, film and television. She was the winner of both the John Whiting Award for her play The Waiting Room and the winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for "Fragile Land"/"Hobson's Choice" (2004). Tanika is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College and was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2008 for Services to Drama.

"'Moments of irresistible humour and tenderness, together with the airy and unorthodox stage perspective, leaven the troubling subject matter to create a drama that's moving in every sense of the word.' The Stage 'A simple story told in a way that is transcendental' Hindu Times 'intriguing' Time Out 'a warm, humorous and poignant celebration of the life of one extraordinary individual - Mind Walking is an intergenerational story of family ties, religious dogma, cultural expectations and the role the past plays in defining the present' Indie London 'Mind Walking has moments of lucidity and others that are a mystical tangle of sights, sounds and memories' British Theatre Guide "