Staging British South Asian Culture : Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre

Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre looks afresh at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. From Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, Jerri Daboo reconsiders the centrality of Bollywood and bhangra to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities. Addressing rarely discussed theatre companies such as Rifco, and phenomena such as the emergence of large- scale Bollywood revue performances, this volume goes some way towards remedying the lack of critical discourse around British South Asian theatre. A timely contribution to this growing field, Staging British South Asian Culture is essential reading for any scholar or student interested in exploring the highly contested questions of identity and representation for British South Asian communities. "Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre looks afresh at the popularity of using forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and Bhangra music and dance on the British stage. Examining a range of productions from 1998 to 2016, Jerri Daboo reconsiders the centrality of Bollywood and Bhangra in theatre made for or about British South Asian communities. Addressing rarely discussed theatre companies such as Rifco Arts, as well as West End musicals, and phenomena such as the emergence of large-scale Bollywood revue performances, this volume goes some way towards remedying the lack of critical discourse around British South Asian theatre and culture. A timely contribution to this growing field, Staging British South Asian Culture is essential reading for any scholar or student interested in exploring the highly contested questions of identity and representation for British South Asian communities."--Page 4 of cover "Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. By exploring a range of different performance events, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain's Got Talent, Jerri Daboo asks how and why Bollywood and bhangra have become so central to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities" -- Provided by publisher Contents 6 List of illustrations 7 Acknowledgements 9 1 Bollywood, Bhangra and being British 10 2 Mapping migration: transnational formations of diaspora 42 3 Bollywood and/ as musical theatre 74 4 Bollywood on stage: transadaptation and ‘Bollywoodisation’ 99 5 Bending Bhangra: Rifco Arts and Bend It Like Beckham: the musical 135 Conclusion 175 Bibliography 180 Filmiography 188 Index 189 Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage, asking how and why Bollywood and bhangra have become central to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities. __Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre____Bombay Dreams__ __Britain’s Got Talent,____Staging British South Asian Culture__ contested questions of identity and representation for British South Asiancommunities.