ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a range of different approaches to transadaptation, and the incorporation of Bollywood into theatre productions in various ways. The productions were made between 2007 and 2016, and have incorporated elements of Bollywood in different ways. The representations of South Asians seen in mainstream venues demonstrate the contradictions through the different strategies used to incorporate Bollywood on the British stage. All the forms of transadaptation show a multivalent dimension to the use of Bollywood on stage. The chapter examines the approach to work made by Asian-led companies. The production is set in contemporary Britain, the incorporation of Bollywood continues to offer contradictory readings and meanings of and for the communities and audiences, particularly in the representation of the dancing woman in the films and on stage. The process of 'Bollywoodisation', which is also a process of transadaptation, incorporates aspects of the aesthetics and conventions from the films into another cultural form, in the case theatre productions in Britain.
