Behna (Sisters)
From: Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
To: Thursday, 18 March 2010
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
In the hothouse of a Southall kitchen, sibling rivalry simmers under the pressures of womanhood in a male dominated world.
Our Review:
5 March 2010
This site-specific production which takes place within an urban house in the city centre of Birmingham is the product of the collaboration of three Midlands based producing networks; Kali Theatre, Black Country Touring, and Birmingham REP.
In what can only be described as an extremely successful collaboration we are treated to an engaging, heart warming, and believable evening of drama which is taken out of the constraints of a typical theatrical auditorium and placed within its natural setting. The setting plays a large part in the productions success by using the space to highlight and enhance the productions core ethics of family and home. Being a house, it is easy to feel invited and familiar in a setting we can place our own lives within.
Certainly being part of the family is how one feels immediately when arriving at the door; in a clever pre-show prologue we join the family in the lounge to share drinks, eat Samosas, and sing along to Bhangra tunes. Cleverly directed by [J...
Creative
Sonia Likhari (Author)
Kali Theatre (Company)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre (in association with Black Country Touring) (Company)
Janet Steel (Director)
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