ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the transnational cultural flows between Britain and the Indian subcontinent, and the productions track changes not only in Britain, but also in a rapidly transforming India, as well as the relationship between the two. It offers an interrogation of the shifting constructions of diaspora through the theatre productions, and becomes an investigation of identity, representation, belonging and conflicting ideologies in the creation of 'home'. The book focuses on productions that incorporate Bollywood and Bhangra is in order to examine complex and contradictory questions about representation and identification of and with the British South Asian diasporic communities on stage. It also examines both Bollywood and Bhangra, and their use on the British stage. Bollywood and Bhangra offer different and often contradictory meanings and forms of representation and identification for those from within the South Asian communities, and those outside them.
