The first performances have been happening down in the Selly Oak house and they have been going very well. I saw it last night. As the audience assemble we sit in the lounge with the “family” popping in and out, making sure we are being looked after. Before the show even starts the audience have …
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Tonight’s the Night 1
Tonight’s the night.The first preview performance of Behna takes place in the Selly Oak house. This is where the general public can get to see the play in a real kitchen – all the tickets were being sold through Birmingham Rep’s box office and have gone like wild fire. I saw a run through with …
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Behna (Sisters) – by Sonia Likhari 2
Behna is a play based in a Punjabi household set the day before a family wedding. As the guests are busy eating, singing and dancing, tension is brewing in the kitchen. Truths are told and secrets unfold between two generations of sisters. Fast-paced, funny and moving, Behna looks through the keyhole of a family home …
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Are girls and boys treated differently from birth? 4
Behna (Sisters) is a play set the day before a wedding in a Punjabi household and all of the action takes place in a kitchen. A key theme within the play is gender: what it means to be a female or male within the household.
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Do we have different expectations of women and men in society ? 1
Behna (Sisters) is a play set the day before a wedding in a Punjabi household and all of the action takes place in a kitchen. A key theme within the play is gender: what it means to be a female or male within the household.
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