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. Blending storytelling, movement, humour, and sharp social observation, it 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.

Written and performed by Saaj Raja

Directed by Scott Le Crass

Produced by Jessica Fowler

Sound Design by Pierre Flasse

Lighting Design by Abhinav Shankar Mishra

Associate Direction by Saniya Saraf