Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta Presents
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
By Rajiv Joseph
An exploration of beauty and power, autocracy and resistance, and conflicting loyalties, featuring a heartbreakingly funny and relatable friendship tested, and broken, by extreme and brutal circumstances.
Humayun and Babur are best friends, and guards in Hindustani ruler Shah Jahan’s Imperial Army. They bicker, reminisce about jungle escapades and have the dubious privilege of standing guard over the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan’s epic tribute to his dead wife, the night before it is revealed to the world as the most potent and powerful personification of beauty.
Humayun, sternly loyal second generation civil servant, is content to follow orders, even when the Emperor, determined that no object more beautiful than the Taj Mahal should ever be built again.
Please Note:
This performance contains coarse language and adult themes and is recommended for ages 15+
This performance has a lockout period and latecomers will be allowed in at the first appropriate moment in the show.
*Please contact Box Office directly for group bookings of 8 or more, email boxoffice_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au or call 02 8839 3399.
If you are unwell, please stay at home. Please review our Patron Safety & Entry Guidelines before you visit us at Riverside.
As per the NSW Public Health Order (that is place from 11 October), Riverside Theatres will require anyone aged 16 years and over to be fully vaccinated unless lawfully exempt.
QR code check-in – all patrons and their guests must check-in upon entry.
Bring and wear a mask. Patrons aged 12 and over attending performances are required to wear a mask.
Patrons will be seated in line with NSW Public Health Order and/or Guidelines in place at the time of the performance occurs.
If you have any questions and would like to discuss this with a member of our team, please contact our Box Office staff on 02 8839 3399 or email boxoffice_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
Thank you for keeping our community safe.
Writer Rajiv Joseph
Director Bali Padda
