Niall Moorjani – författare

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2025This isn’t a story, this isn’t myth, nor legend,this is my life, it is my people’s lives.Strapped to a cannon, an Indian rebel finds themselves answering to a British officer for the crimes of Kanpur – an Indian uprising against British colonial forces.Based on historical events, this new play comically satirises contemporary conflictsaround gender, colonial violence, and making art in times of crisis. But who is the hero and who is the villain? Whatever happens, it’s going to be explosive.This edition of Kanpur: 1857, winner of the Pleasance’s Charlie Hartill Fund, was published to coincide with the production at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe in July 2025.

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2025This isn't a story, this isn't myth, nor legend,this is my life, it is my people's lives.Strapped to a cannon, an Indian rebel finds themselves answering to a British officer for the crimes of Kanpur an Indian uprising against British colonial forces.Based on historical events, this new play comically satirises contemporary conflictsaround gender, colonial violence, and making art in times of crisis. But who is the hero and who is the villain? Whatever happens, it's going to be explosive.This edition of Kanpur: 1857, winner of the Pleasance's Charlie Hartill Fund, was published to coincide with the production at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe in July 2025.

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2025This isn't a story, this isn't myth, nor legend,this is my life, it is my people's lives.Strapped to a cannon, an Indian rebel finds themselves answering to a British officer for the crimes of Kanpur an Indian uprising against British colonial forces.Based on historical events, this new play comically satirises contemporary conflictsaround gender, colonial violence, and making art in times of crisis. But who is the hero and who is the villain? Whatever happens, it's going to be explosive.This edition of Kanpur: 1857, winner of the Pleasance's Charlie Hartill Fund, was published to coincide with the production at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe in July 2025.

My name is Mohan Moorjani, and whenpartition happened I was just eleven yearsold. And although it is not a story I heartold very often anymore, mine is just one intwelve million.Fringe First Award-winning and critically acclaimed storyteller, Niall Moorjani, presents a heartfelt piece which explores their grandfather’s experiences of the Partitioning of India in 1947.The play follows the eleven-year-old Mohan as he flees from his home in Sindh, across a border which didn’t yet exist and into uncertain times in Delhi and later the United Kingdom. Lyrical storytelling and live music from Sodhi combine to create a provocative and stunning account of a much omitted story from British-Indian history.This edition was published to coincide with the production at Pleasance Courtyard at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026.