People always think a woman who thinks for herself, who speaks her mind is dangerous. So I didnt talk about my dreams or what was in my heart. And I was scared. Scared to let you follow your dreams. I didnt know how to. But keeping quiet didnt make my life better. It just made it lonely. The Johals are celebrating Sunitas birthday in Mums new kitchen, and youre invited to the surprise party. Its not just the dhal thats bubbling under the surface with decades of unfinished business, everyones true selves start to burst out when they least expect it. And its up to the family to pick each other back up and celebrate themselves for who they truly are. Unexpected guests, butter-free roti and skeletons in the cupboard arent enough to stop them busting out some classic Punjabi shapes in the kitchen! Join the Johal family for a wild ride that will leave you laughing, crying, and talking all the way home. Put on your birthday party finery and get ready for a samosa saga, by writer and actress Harvey Virdi (Bend It Like Beckham, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Citizen Khan). This edition was published to coincide with the Rifco Theatre Company UK tour in April 2023.
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Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 28 Apr 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781350416611
About Harvey VirdiPravesh Kumar
Harvey Virdi is a writer and actress whose theatre credits include The Borrowers (at the Sherman Theatre Cardiff) Tiger Country and Tales From The Harrow Road (Hampstead Theatre) When We are Married Twelfth Night (in 1997 and 2004) Romeo and Juliet (in 2000) Square Circle and Playboy of the Asian World (all at the Leicester Haymarket) Airport 2000 (Riverside Studios Hammersmith) and Jatinder Verma's production of Exodus (Tara Arts/BAC). In 2003 she was 'Mrs Peachum' in a touring production of The Threepenny Opera for the Royal National Theatre. In 2004 she gave a critically acclaimed Maria in an Indian-themed production of Twelfth Night at the Albery Theatre. She also appeared as Nina Mandal in Coronation Street. She was a supporting cast member in two seasons of Class Dismissed. Her film credits include Bend It Like Beckham Anita and Me Thunderbirds Bride and Prejudice The Mistress of Spices Honour Jadoo and Brick Lane. Television credits include The Kumars at No. 42 (as the family's interfering landlady 'Hawney') Boohbah (as 'Mrs. Lady') Doctors Lucky Man (as 'Shefali Malhotra') and Whose Baby?. As a writer her credits include There's Something About Simmy The Deranged Marriage and three RIFCO Arts productions: Happy Birthday Sunita in 2014 and 2023 Miss Meena & the Masala Queens in 2017 and Meri Christmas in 2006.