Adapting work for stage with Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

Fresh from opening Marriage Material, based on the novel by Sathnam Sanghera at the Lyric Hammersmith, join award-winning playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti as she shares what it takes to bring an existing idea to life on stage.

This event takes place in the Barretts Bar.

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti bio

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti writes for stage, screen and radio. Her first play, Behsharam, broke box office records at Soho/Birmingham Rep, whilst her second play, Behzti, was closed after protests at the Rep, but won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Other credits include: A Kind of People, Royal Court Downstairs; Khandan, Royal Court/Birmingham Rep; Behud, Soho/Belgrade; Silence, Donmar Warehouse; 846, Stratford East; Elephant, Birmingham Rep; Dishoom, Rifco/Watford Palace Theatre, Fourteen, Watford Palace; the feature film Everywhere and Nowhere; DCI Stone, Radio 4; Londonee, Rich Mix; Dead Meat, Channel 4 and An Enemy of the People, BBC. She was a core writer on The Archers and has also written for EastEnders and Hollyoaks. She is developing original series Masala for Hometeam/Universal, adapting Black & Blue by Parm Sandhu for Cuba Pictures as well as Brando’s Bride by Sarah Broughton as a feature for Martha Stone Productions/Ffilm Cymru Wales. She is also writing plays for NT Connections, Tara Theatre and Clean Break. Marriage Material opened to great acclaim at the Lyric Hammersmith in May, Scenes for Lost Mothers, a play for Clean Break, is currently on tour and her latest work Choir will open at Chichester Festival Theatre in August. Her plays are published by Methuen.