Actor, Singer
“Renu Arora’s Madame [LaVaughn] is the high point of the production.”
Susannah Clapp, The Guardian (Reviewing The Magician’s Elephant, RSC)
“The cast are exemplary - not least Renu Arora as Madame LaVaughn, victim of the roof-shattering arrival of the elephant.”
What’s On Live (Reviewing The Magician’s Elephant, RSC)
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The Magician’s Elephant
The RSC
Renu performed the role of Madame LaVaughn in The Magician’s Elephant at Royal Shakespeare Company.
The inaugural post-pandemic production for RSC marked Renu’s return to the stage - now as a disabled artist. This production received critical acclaim, ending its run in January 2022.
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From Running Water
A collaboration with Bristol Old Vic and Propolis Theatre
Renu was part of the team as an actor/deviser. From Running Water is a verbatim theatre piece based on women’s experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse. To create the show, the company used and responded to recorded verbatim material on women’s experiences of DVA collated for healthtalk.org.
Photos by Chelsey Cliff.
Whose Sari Now?
Theatre Royal Stratford East, Leicester Curve Theatre, National Tour
On this production, Renu worked as a composer, singer and recorded artist. Whose Sari Now? by Rani Moorthy of Rasa Productions is a moving, funny and emotionally charged show. It unpacks the history of the most iconic piece of Indian clothing but with a contemporary punch - from Ebay to war zones.
Photos by Scott Rylander.
“heartwarming, uplifting, inviting, lovely.”
Gillian Greer, Exeunt Magazine