Tag: theatre
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Off My Head, On My Path: Living with ADHD and Building Dhamaka Differently
Living with ADHD is a constant balance between managing my thoughts and emotions and trying to find a space where I feel understood. For most of my life, I didn’t know what was going on in my brain, just that it didn’t seem to work like everyone else’s. I’d try to get things done but…
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Testing The Wrath of Khandan at Bold Bradford – Here’s What Happened
Stepping onto the stage at Bold Bradford was both nerve-wracking and exhilarating. It had been almost two years since Besharam, and I hadn’t performed in front of a live audience in a long time. Sharing The Wrath of Khandan – The Shame Strikes Back, a deeply personal piece drawn from my lived experience, felt like a huge…
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Besharam [shame-LESS]: A Journey of Pride, Storytelling, and Impact
Besharam [shame-LESS] was my coming-out story, and it feels surreal to look back on how it all came together in 2023. For years, I’d kept a lot of my truth hidden, especially when it came to my queerness and my identity as a Pakistani man from a traditional Muslim background. But writing and performing Besharam [shame-LESS] was not…
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