Britain's Got Bhangra

Synopsis

Twinkle was an 80s British Bhangra icon but now he s bankrupt with only his dreams of a number one hit to keep him going. Shindie is a star maker, only she steals other people s talent to do it! Will DJ Lovely s ripped off, remixed Bhangra track make him millions? Will Twinkle ever find his magic and shine again or will fate make him change his tune? Charting the rise of British Bhangra in the UK from the sequin clad 80s through to the R ?n B fusion of the present day. A twinkling night of glitz, live music and song! Shake your shoulders, tap your toes - Britain s Got Bhangra

Our Review:

9 June 2010

The Indian subcontinent seems to loom large in my reviewer’s mind right now after last week’s expedition to the North Wall for Correspondence. Tonight we are back at the Playhouse for Rifco Arts’ superb Britain’s Got Bhangra.

We meet our hero, Twinkle, as he is about to make the great leap from India to Britain to strike it big in the 1970s. He has the immigrant blues though, and needs to deal with success, money and his love back in the motherland. What is striking about the production is its unfussy use of, and clear love for, the musical form.

To explain: new musicals commonly fall into the trap of putting their subject material before the story. It would have been easy for Britain's Got Bhangra to be a dull meditation on the immigrant experience with ciphers for characters. Instead, from the very first note we understand that we are safely in the land of the musical where the lead follows his dream to be a bhangra star, we have a fairy ...

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