Productions

Work for the stage

Original plays, adaptations and hybrid stage-and-screen works — each built around a single unforgettable image.

2025 — Riverside Studios, London

Child of Dust

Written & Directed by Shoba Sadler

A sweeping stage adaptation of Shoba’s award-winning novel, following a young woman who inherits a country, a language and a silence that were never meant to be hers.

2024 — International Human Rights Arts Festival

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Writer & Producer

An ensemble piece staged in silhouette, drawn from Shoba’s honourable-mention short story about complicity, courage and the cost of looking away.

2023 — The Almeida Studio

Behind The Veil

Written & Directed by Shoba Sadler

A two-hander performed by lamplight, adapted from the Golden Quill finalist story. An interrogation that slowly becomes a confession.

2026 — In development — UK tour 2026

Canary

Writer, Producer & Director

Shoba’s most ambitious work to date: a movement-led production for stage and screen, blending choreography, live score and projected film.