motiroti worked at the forefront of ever-changing global social realities, challenging and teasing perceptions of artists, institutions and audiences alike.
Motiroti means 'fat bread' in Urdu, and the company took its name from one of its earliest projects, Moti Roti Puttli Chunni - a playful examination of gender stereotypes, presented as live Bollywood musical theatre in east London.
motiroti was thereafter led by Executive Director Tim Jones, who joined the company in 2010, and following its closure operates as an independent consultant and workshop designer, advising on the development of enterprise opportunities and digital capacity in the culture sector.
A catalogued archive of its work from the late 1980s up to 2005 is owned by Future Histories, the UK's first dedicated repository for African, Asian and Caribbean performing arts, and its contents can be viewed here.
Mina Anwar,[23] Christophe Berthonneau, Sonia Boyce,[24] dbox,[25] Shahram Entekhabi,[26] Guillermo Gómez-Peña,[27] Shobna Gulati,[28] Pen Hadow,[29] Indira Joshi,[30] Isaac Julien, Akram Khan,[28] Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,[31] Jamila Massey,[32] Robin Rimbaud,[33] Sunetra Sarker,[34] Shri,[35] Jasmine Simhalan,[36] Talvin Singh,[37] Nina Wadia,[23] Benjamin Zephaniah.