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The Protest and the Play
by Museum of Colour
In this two-part series, The Protest and the Play, we look back at two very different plays that were cancelled before they hit the stage – Behzti in 2004 and Exhibit B in 2014 – and use their 10 and 20-year anniversaries as a jumping-off point to ask: where do the limits of artistic freedom lie? Who has the right to tell certain stories? And would these plays be commissioned today? Behzti, a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, was cancelled by the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre after protests by members of the Sikh community, who were angered by the playwright’s depiction of a rape in a Gurdwara. The protests caused thousands of pounds in damage and forced the playwright into hiding. Exhibit B, a performance by the South African artist Brett Bailey, which featured Black actors chained and in cages, was described by its creator as a critique of "human zoos." It received five-star reviews when it opened at the Playfair Library
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The Protest and the Play: Episode 2, Behzti
2024 marks the 20-year anniversary of the cancellation of Behzti at the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre. Behzti (Dishonour) was a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, scheduled to be staged at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2004. The play, which depicted a rape in a Sikh temple, was cancelled after...
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The Protest and the Play: Episode 1, Exhibit B
2024 marks the 10-year anniversary of the cancellation of Exhibit B at the Barbican Vaults. A live installation by the white South African artist Brett Bailey, Exhibit B was described by its creator as a critique of the “human zoos” that displayed Africans as objects of scientific curiosity…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this two-part series, The Protest and the Play, we look back at two very different plays that were cancelled before they hit the stage – Behzti in 2004 and Exhibit B in 2014 – and use their 10 and 20-year anniversaries as a jumping-off point to ask: where do the limits of artistic freedom lie? Who has the right to tell certain stories? And would these plays be commissioned today?
Behzti, a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, was cancelled by the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre after protests by members of the Sikh community, who were angered by the playwright’s depiction of a rape in a Gurdwara. The protests caused thousands of pounds in damage and forced the playwright into hiding.
Exhibit B, a performance by the South African artist Brett Bailey, which featured Black actors chained and in cages, was described by its creator as a critique of "human zoos." It received five-star reviews when it opened at the Playfair Library
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In this two-part series, The Protest and the Play, we look back at two very different plays that were cancelled before they hit the stage – Behzti in 2004 and Exhibit B in 2014 – and use their 10 and 20-year anniversaries as a jumping-off point to ask: where do the limits of artistic freedom lie?...
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