Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
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Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (born Watford) is a British Sikh writer. She has written extensively for stage, screen and radio.
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[edit] Life
Bhatti studied modern languages at Bristol University and has worked as a journalist and an actress.
Her first play, Behsharam (Shameless), broke box office records when it played at Soho Theatre and the Birmingham Rep in 2001. Her play Behzti (Dishonour) was controversially cancelled by the Birmingham Rep after violent protests against the play. Death threats forced Bhatti to go into hiding.[1]
Her play AD2050 is in production by the Kali Theatre Company;[2] Behud played at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.[3]
[edit] Awards
- 2003 Race in the Media Award, by the Commission for Racial Equality in the radio music/entertainment category for North East South West.[4]
- Asian Women of Achievement awards, nominated twice [5]
- 2005 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a US-based award of $10,000, made annually to the best English language play by a woman.[6][7]
[edit] Works
[edit] Plays
- Behsharam (Shameless). Oberon Books. 1 April 2002. ISBN 9781840022490. Soho Theatre, London 2001
- Behzti (Dishonour). Oberon Books. 1 September 2005. ISBN 9781840025224. The Door, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, UK 2005
- Behhudth (Beyond Belief) play reading, Theatre Royal - Stratford East, London 2009
- Londonee (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
- Two Old Ladies (Leicester Haymarket)
- Behud (Beyond Belief) (Soho Theatre)
[edit] Radio, films, and teleplays
- Dead Meat, half hour film produced by Channel 4 as part of the Dogma TV season
- Mera Des, a radio play for Radio 3
- Stitched Up (commissioned series for BBC1)
- Honour (single film for BBC2)
- Lipstick and Nails (police drama for Great Meadow Productions)
- The Cleaner (hour long film for BBC1)
- Pound Shop Boys (feature film - Scottish Screen and Film Council)
- Pile Up and The Bride (Carlton TV)
- Westway (1997 radio series), over 30 episodes of the BBC World Service Drama
- EastEnders (2001–2005), 9 episodes
- Crossroads (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ "This warrior is fighting on". The Guardian (London). 13 January 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/jan/13/theatre.religion.
- ^ http://www.decibelpas.com/en/showcase/performance/64
- ^ "Stage scandal revisited: Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's new play", The Independent, Michael Coveney, 27 March 2010
- ^ "Profile: Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti". BBC News. 20 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4109017.stm.
- ^ http://awa.realbusiness.co.uk/
- ^ "XXVII. 2004-05". blackburnprize.org. 3/07/05 (award date). http://www.blackburnprize.org/chronlist04-05.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ 'Bezhti' author wins prize for women playwrights, Louise Jury, The Independent, 8 March 2005, retrieved 9 June 2009
[edit] External links
- "Profile: Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti", BBC News Online
- "The Controversy that is Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti", University of Pennsylvania, Grant Donkervoet
- Alexis Greene, ed. (2006). "The Freedom to Create". Women writing plays: three decades of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292713253. http://books.google.com/books?id=mmhhynf2b24C&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=Gurpreet+Kaur+Bhatti&source=bl&ots=EF5S0VIAD9&sig=7fUKka8HZeLnmZNFiMqa03LP8Y8&hl=en&ei=JfjmSvqWG4KwNu6iuZ8I&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCMQ6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q=Gurpreet%20Kaur%20Bhatti&f=false.
- "GURPREET KAUR BHATTI", doollee
- "Gurpreet Bhatti", IMDb
