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- ISBN 9781849430968
- Dimensions: 130 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Behud (Beyond Belief) is the latest play by controversial playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.In December 2004, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s play Behzti rocked the world of theatre when it was cancelled after protests in Birmingham. The closure of the play sparked a vehement debate about offence and freedom of speech, as well as death threats for the playwright forcing her to go into hiding.
In Behud, a playwright attempts to make sense of the past by visiting the darkest corners of her imaginations. Set amidst the theatre establishment, politicians and protesters, Behud is an imaginative response, inspired by the events surrounding Behzti, and the compelling story of an artist struggling to be heard.
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti writes for stage, screen and radio.
Her first play Behsharam broke box office records at Soho Theatre/Birmingham Rep. Her second play Behzti was sensationally closed after protests at the Birmingham Rep and sparked an international debate about freedom of expression. Behzti won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Other credits include Choir, Chichester Festival Theatre; Marriage Material, Lyric Hammersmith/Birmingham Rep; Scenes From Lost Mothers, Clean Break; A Kind of People, Royal Court Downstairs; Khandan, Royal Court Upstairs/Birmingham Rep; Behud, Soho Theatre/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 and An Enemy Of The People, BBC. She was a core writer on The Archers, part of the team who created the ground-breaking Helen and Rob domestic violence story and has written for EastEnders and Hollyoaks.
She is developing various projects for stage and screen including original series Masala for Hometeam/Universal, as well as Brando's Bride by Sarah Broughton as a feature for Ffilm Cymru and writing her hit show Scenes From Lost Mothers as a film. Baby, a new play for Clean Break, will be produced at Brixton House in 2026.
She is a member of BAFTA, a trustee of the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, an ambassador for Birth Companions, a charity that works to improve the lives of women and babies who experience inequality and disadvantage and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
