In The Kitchen - Flyer

In The Kitchen – Flyer

Series name	Theatre
Description	This postcard size flyer depicts the title of the play in four languages. ‘In The Kitchen’, was produced in 2001 and written by Ranjit Khutan. The play is a bi-lingual comedy-drama which charts the progress of an Asian family dealing with a range of mental health issues. It portrays the real experiences of South Asian British communities dealing with the stigma attached to mental health. The play was produced by Sampad and directed by Harmage Singh Kalirai. It toured the Midlands in April and May 2001 in association with Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS trust and the Asian Services Department.
Date of Creation / Publication	2001
Creator	Sampad
Associated Person/ Organisation	Ray, Piali; Khutan, Ranjit
Location	Birmingham
Collection and Reference Number	Sampad Collection (GB 2661 SA)
Catalogue Number	SA/THE/1
Copyright	The Creator and/ or the associated
Access to originals	The originals belong to Sampad
Series notes	Theatre is a relatively new area of activity for Sampad, although drama sessions have always played a key role within educational projects and programming. Sampad is currently adopting a new theatre strategy to encourage young British Asians to become more involved in theatre as participants, audiences, practitioners, administrators and producers. To date, Sampad has been commissioned a number of theatre productions, and has also held a conference on South Asian Identity in 1997, which included drama presentations.
Collection notes	Sampad was founded in 1990, under the directorship of Piali Ray OBE. The arts organisation was established to strengthen the infrastructure of South Asian arts in the West Midlands and Birmingham region. Due to Director Piali Ray's background as a dancer, this south Asian arts development agency has retained its strengths in dance, however its current remit is much wider, covering cross art forms of music, theatre, crafts and literature within education and community environments.