{"id":187,"date":"2026-01-31T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikitabala.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:25:40","slug":"bengal-tiger-at-the-baghdad-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikitabala.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Omar Elerian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Young Vic Theatre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

October 2025 – January 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Credits<\/summary>\n

Director –\u00a0Omar Elerian<\/strong>
Set & Costume Designer –\u00a0Rajha Shakiry<\/strong>
Lighting Designer –\u00a0Jackie Shemesh<\/strong>
Sound Designer –\u00a0Elena Pe\u00f1a \u00a0<\/strong>
Movement Director –\u00a0Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster \u00a0<\/strong>
Casting Director –\u00a0Heather Basten CDG<\/strong>
Fight and Intimacy Director –\u00a0Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie<\/strong>
Dialect Coach –\u00a0Khaled Abunaama<\/strong>
Voice & Dialect Coach –\u00a0Hazel Holder\u00a0<\/strong>
Costume Supervisor –\u00a0Male Arcucci\u00a0<\/strong>
Hair & Make Up Supervisor –\u00a0Sarah-Jane Pucci<\/strong>
Prop Supervisor –\u00a0Kate Margretts<\/strong>
Jerwood Assistant Director –\u00a0Layla Madanat<\/strong>
Associate Designer –\u00a0Yimei Zhao<\/strong>
Additional Original Composition –\u00a0Elena Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>
Additional Recorded Music by\u00a0Abed Kobeissy\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ali Hout<\/strong>
Production Therapist \u2013\u00a0Rukiya Jemmott<\/strong>
Company Stage Managers – Anna-Maria Casson<\/strong> and Lauren Patman<\/strong>
Deputy Stage Manager – Nikita Bala<\/strong>
Assistant Stage Manager – Jamal Ollier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Sayyid Aki, Peter Forbes, Patrick Gibson,<\/strong> Ammar Haj Ahmad<\/strong>, Arinz\u00e9 Kene, Sara Masry, and Hala Omran.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Thanks to\u00a0David Threlfall, Kathryn Hunter\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Sofia Asir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production Photography by Helen Murray<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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