ABSTRACT
It is interesting to see that there have been an increasing number of productions by younger British South Asian theatre-makers who are not engaging with Bollywood and Bhangra, and creating works of popular entertainment, but instead exploring contemporary issues in their own lives through theatre. The nature of diaspora as a space that negotiates not only being between 'homeland' and 'home', but also other transnational flows and influences, demonstrates why a study of the nature is significant in considering contemporary issues of identification and representation in Britain. The performances are productions of materiality and material circumstances that offer the means to examine, contest and form theory with regard to diaspora. The productions discussed also show multivalent readings and meanings through the use of Bollywood and Bhangra in creating performances that are 'popular', and designed to attract audiences to entertain.
