There's more to South Asian theatre than Bollywood drama
British South Asian drama has been associated with sparkly saris and arranged-marriage melodrama for too long. It's time to acknowledge the full breadth of its talentEight years ago this month, I was in rehearsals at Birmingham Rep for Behzti (Dishonour), a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti that depicted a rape in a Sikh temple. By 20 December the production was forced to close early, as a result of violent protests. The …