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Informationen zum Autor Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti writes for stage, screen and radio. Her first play Behsharam broke box office records at Soho/Birmingham Rep. Her second play Behzti was sensationally closed after protests and won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It went on to do sell-out tours in France and Belgium. Other credits include Scenes from Lost Mothers , Clean Break; A Kind of People , Royal Court Downstairs; Khandan , Royal Court Upstairs/Birmingham Rep; Behud , Soho/Coventry Belgrade; Silence , Donmar Warehouse; 846 , Stratford East; Elephant , Birmingham Rep; Dishoom , Rifco/Watford Palace Theatre; Fourteen , Watford Palace Theatre; the feature film Everywhere And Nowhere ; DCI Stone , Radio 4; Londonee , Rich Mix; Dead Meat , Channel 4; The Archers , Radio 4; EastEnders , BBC and An Enemy Of The People , BBC World Service. Her plays are published by Methuen. ‘This is the Royal Court at its best.’ Michael Billington, The Guardian, on A Kind of People Klappentext "You think it is pleasant watching a fat virgin become infertile? I want to be seen and noticed and invited by people. I want anything... that is not this." Past her prime, Min joyfully spends her life caring for her sick, foul-mouthed mother, Balbir. Today, for the first time in years, they¿re off out. Mother and daughter head to the local Sikh Temple, but when Balbir encounters old friends, a past trauma rears its ugly head. Min and Balbir¿s illusions are about to be shattered as they become immersed in a world of desperate aspiration and dangerous deals. In a community where public honour is paramount, is there any room for the truth? Behzti was scheduled to open at The Door (Birmingham Rep) in December 2004 but was cancelled due to protests by some members of the local Sikh community. Zusammenfassung "You think it is pleasant watching a fat virgin become infertile? I want to be seen and noticed and invited by people. I want anything... that is not this."Past her prime, Min joyfully spends her life caring for her sick, foul-mouthed mother, Balbir. Today, for the first time in years, they´re off out. Mother and daughter head to the local Sikh Temple, but when Balbir encounters old friends, a past trauma rears its ugly head. Min and Balbir´s illusions are about to be shattered as they become immersed in a world of desperate aspiration and dangerous deals.In a community where public honour is paramount, is there any room for the truth? Behzti was scheduled to open at The Door (Birmingham Rep) in December 2004 but was cancelled due to protests by some members of the local Sikh community....
