Tanika Gupta

Welcome to the twenty-first century, where women travel across the world in search of sex, love, and liberation but the reality is that hard cash equals hard men. "Sugar Mummies" is a funny, provocative, and revealing study of the pleasures and pitfalls of female sex tourism by the author of "Gladiator Games."

A London churchyard becomes a sanctuary for the gardener Kabir. When a photograph of an African church appears in this little Eden, a complex drama of morality and conscience unfolds. By the author of The Waiting Room, winner of the John Whiting Award 2000, Sanctuary opens at the Lyttleton Loft in June 2002, as part of the National Theatre's Transformation season.

The first performance in The Space at the new premises of the Hampstead Theatre, Tanika Gupta's Fragile Land is about what nationhood means for second generation immigrants. The pressure to stick to their own kind proves a tough call for two teenage Asian schoolgirls in this fresh, engaging portrayal of a London very different to the one first encountered by their parents. Fragile Land reveals the complexities of life for a new generation of young Londoners...

Teenage sisters Affy and Di look out for each other. Dying to escape their violent family life, they move from dreams to betrayal - with devastating results. Inside Out is commissioned by Clean Break, a women's theatre company working with women in prison, women ex-offenders and women who have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The play is the provocative and funny story of how the sisters fight for a better future. Inside Out tours the UK from October 2002, including a run at the Arcola Theatre, Hackney in November.