Bad Indian
A dancer in a banker’s suit. A “good Indian boy” gone spectacularly off-script.
Bad Indian is a darkly funny and emotionally raw solo show written and performed by Saaj Raja.
Following sold-out London performances, Bad Indian heads to Hong Kong this September before arriving at Riverside Studios.
Blending storytelling, movement, humour and sharp social observation, the show follows one man’s journey from suburban Britain to the trading floors of Hong Kong as he struggles to reconcile cultural expectations with his own identity.
Raised to be the success story everyone wanted, Saaj chose double lives instead: forbidden loves, the wrong dreams, and a talent for talking his way into rooms he had no business being in.
Through a series of hilarious, heartfelt and deeply personal encounters, he confronts the expectations placed upon him by family, culture and society, while searching for a version of himself that feels authentic.
Exploring masculinity, belonging, shame, ambition and the complicated realities of growing up between cultures, Bad Indian invites audiences to laugh, reflect and question what it means to truly be yourself in a world determined to define you first.
Age recommendation: 16+
Writer & Performer: Saaj Raja
Director: Scott Le Crass
Associate Director: Saniya Saraf
Producer: Jessica Fowler
Composer & Sound Designer: Pierre Flasse
Lighting: Abhinav Mishra
