Parv Bancil: What have multicultural arts policies done for us?
I recently spoke to a young British Muslim playwright about the attention he was suddenly getting from a few mainstream theatres and TV companies. He is one of many plucked from the north of England via numerous schemes designed to "discover British Muslim voices", and he's in two minds about the belated interest in what he may have to say. On one hand, he is grateful for the opportunities presented to him; on the ot…