When I first heard of the opportunity to stage Behna in our kitchen, I fell in the love with the idea immediately. On the day of the show, the production team arrived in the afternoon and meticulously transformed my kitchen from quirky paraphernalia to a Punjabi infused shabby chic with snippets of my parents’ 1980′s …
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Behna goes to London 0
After four weeks in the Black Country, Behna has packed up and now unloaded in north west London. It opens on 28 April and runs until 20 May. Just like here, it will perform in a rented house for the general public and tour to private homes for the host’s own invited guests. Tickets can …
Read MoreWebcast tonight! 0
So we are back at the Behna house in Wednesbury, preparing for tonight’s web cast. The cameras are in, the sound is in, the satellite truck has just arrived and we are about to start rehearsing with the actors! It’s still quite calm down here, but for the actors it’s yet another different set of …
Read MoreBehna is up and running 0
Behna opened in its new home in Wednesbury last night, after a preview performance on Tuesday. It is lovely to see it performing once again. I was at the preview performance on Tuesday and it felt familiar, but different. For a start there are two new cast members, then there are some small changes to …
Read MoreBehna is back! 0
Finally everything has been sorted, a new partnership between Kali, The Public and ourselves is in place (with Raidene from Birmingham Rep lending fantastic support!) A new house has been found to stage the show in – this time it’s in the Black Country near Wednesbury. Licences have been applied for and tickets are on …
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