Writing and Composing

Renu Arora with dark hair wearing colourful floral makeup and accessories, including a pink and red floral headpiece, earrings, and layered necklaces, looking thoughtfully to the side.

The Burgundy Book

A concept album inspired by a life-changing accident & Near Death Experience (NDE).

Funded by Arts Council England and Disability Arts Online.

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Black and white graphic design featuring the phrase 'SPOT LIGHT' in distorted, irregular text within a black shape resembling a flower or blob.

Spotlight Commission

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BBC Sounds logo with white text on an orange background.

In 2020, Renu was commissioned by BBC Sounds and BBC Essex to create a trilogy of pieces. These pieces ask, how does the anniversary of a life-changing accident sit within the landscape of these changing times? And at its heart, what is isolation?

First broadcast on BBC Sounds in April 2020, then again in October 2020 for World Trauma Day.

Written and performed by Renu Arora. Music by Richard Norris.

BBC Sounds Trilogy Commission

When The Curtain Came Down
1095 Days
Return To The Rehearsal Room
Stage photograph from the play Whose Sari Now featuring a woman with dark, curly hair looks intently at a colorful fabric, with a serious expression, in a dimly lit setting.

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.

Performers on stage in the play Women of Hope, with colourful curtains, some sitting on crates, one playing guitar, one sitting on a chair, and others sitting or crouching on the floor, with stage lights overhead.

Women of Hope

Supported by Arts Council England.

Renu worked as Curator, Composer and Director for this verbatim Music Theatre piece around Domestic Violence. This piece was in association with Amnesty International, Latin American Women’s Aid and Asha Charity. An original Tamasha commission.

Four actors performing on stage, in the production of The Crossing, dressed in brown costumes, with a plain dark background.

The Crossing

This piece was co-created with Tamasha and was awarded the Mosaic Bursary.

Renu worked as Co-Creator, Composer and Director on The Crossing. Renu also performed and recorded her compositions to feature in the show. The Crossing was a verbatim and devised theatre piece around the Partition of India and Vietnam War.