Bollywood Rose
Bollywood Rose is a new musical by Sumerah Srivastav & Ajay Srivastav about British Asian life and identity, where a young woman becomes trapped inside a Bollywood movie and has to set the story right to free herself.Â
Leeds Bollywood Rose Workshops
Bollywood Rose is currently being developed in Leeds with a professional artistic team and various community groups, venues and schools including Yorkshire Dance, The Compton Centre, The Grammar School at Leeds, Cockburn School, Chiragi’s Biba, and more.
These workshops are an invaluable opportunity to develop skills in drama, acting, singing, movement, lyric writing and instrumental playing and boost confidence, self-esteem and teamwork skills under the guidance of experienced theatre professionals. Open to ages 11-21. Get in touch with Suvi if you’d like to get involved.
Join the Bollywood Rose development Camp!
The Bollywood Rose Camp scheduled to take place in Autumn 2026 has been postponed. Stay tuned for updates on rescheduling.
What to expect from the camp:
• Work on developing a brand new Bollywood musical with a professional creative team
• Develop skills in acting, singing and dancing
• Build confidence
• Meet likeminded people
• Learn new material from brand new musical, Bollywood Rose
• Gain a Grade 5 Certificate in Musical Theatre from Mountview Exams.
About Bollywood rose the musical
Bollywood Rose is an original British Bollywood Musical which will be curated, written and performed by artists and young participants. It will go on to have a further life as a professional production with commercial production partners Julie Clare Productions, touring nationally to celebrate and tell this story rooted in the South Asian community.
Writer Sumerah Srivastav and composer Ajay Srivastav have been developing this idea since 2016; Bollywood Rose tells the story of a young, British Asian single mother, who becomes trapped in a Bollywood film. Having de-railed the storyline, she has to fix what she has broken, including herself, so she can return to her daughter and change her own story.
