Plays
CHOIR
In Development
Hampstead Theatre
BABY
In Development
Clean Break
MARRIAGE MATERIAL
Adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s hit novel
In Development
THE HOUSE OF HARBINDER KAUR
Adaptation of Lorca’s Classic
In Development
SILENCE
September 2022
Donmar Warehouse
846
August 2020
Theatre Royal Stratford East
LIVING NEWSPAPER
July 2020
Royal Court
A KIND OF PEOPLE
December 2019
Royal Court Downstairs
DISHOOM
September 2018
Watford Palace Theatre/National Tour
ELEPHANT
February 2018
Birmingham Rep
KHANDAN (FAMILY)
May-June 2014
Royal Court Upstairs/Birmingham Rep
FOURTEEN
May 2014
Watford Palace Theatre
LONDONEE
Spring 2012
Rich Mix, Mukul and Ghetto Tigers
AD2050
2012
E15 Acting School, Drill Hall
COME TO WHERE I’M FROM
July 2010
Paines Plough/Watford Palace Theatre
BEHUD (BEYOND BELIEF)
April 2010
Soho Theatre/Coventry Belgrade
Nominated for the John Whiting Award
BEHZTI (DESHONNEUR)
Translator (French)
2006
Sold out tour in France and Belgium
as part of project with National Theatre
BEHZTI (DISHONOUR)
December 2004
Birmingham Rep
Winner of the 2005 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
BEHSHARAM (SHAMELESS)
October 2001
Broke Box Office Records at Soho Theatre and Birmingham Rep
TWO OLD LADIES
Co-writer, Performer
2000
Leicester Haymarket
AIRPORT 2000-Asians in Transit
Co-writer
1999
Leicester Haymarket/ Riverside studios
SILENCE – Donmar Warehouse, September 2022.
Adapted from Kavita Puri’s Partition Voices: Untold British Stories
By Sonali Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Ishy Din and Alexandra Wood
“It was a great tragedy. We were friends one day and enemies the next. I will take these things to my grave.”
The 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. It would shape modern Britain forever. Witnesses to this brutal moment in history live among us, yet the stories of that time remain shrouded in silence. 75 years later, Silence is a new play focused on communal storytelling – presenting a shared history inspired by the remarkable personal testimonies of people who lived through the last days of the British Raj. Commissioned to mark this major anniversary, Silence is adapted from Kavita Puri’s acclaimed book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories and co-produced with Tara Theatre.
A Kind of People – Royal Court Downstairs, 2019
“In this country, you go as far as they let you.”
Friday night and someone’s having a party. It seems like a laugh, but not everyone’s having fun. Gary and Nicky have been together since school. Gary’s going for a promotion so he can get his family out of their council flat and give Nicky everything she deserves. Anjum and Mo are used to aiming for the best. And doing whatever it takes to get it. Gary’s sister Karen is more interested in having a life than fighting for any cause. Mark is just…always there. And Victoria, Victoria wants to dance with somebody…
Set amidst a contemporary British community, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s new play, directed by Michael Buffong, asks how it’s possible to get on when the odds are stacked against you
Dishoom – 2018
Elephant – Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 2018
This is family. Real flesh and blood, not out of a catalogue or an Oxo advert.
Vira hasn’t seen her sister Deesh for years. Deesh’s kids, Amy and Bill, want to know why but nobody’s telling them anything. When Deesh invites her sister to Amy’s flashy party, Vira reckons it’s time to come home and move on. Time to stop watching the telly, get out of her council flat, stick on a glitzy sari and embrace her nearest and dearest. But is it possible to forgive and forget? And when a family is built on lies, will it be destroyed by the truth?
Khandan (Family) – Royal Court and Birmingham Rep, 2014
Widowed matriarch Jeeto, has a strong sense of her past and principles. She’s spent her life working hard and making sacrifices for her children. But eldest son Pal isn’t following in her footsteps. What happens when the legacy of a father collides with the dreams of his son?
Fourteen – Watford Palace Theatre, 2014
1983. Brainbox Tina’s parents are always shouting, her mum says she’s developing too quickly and her best friend Sharon has a dark secret. Thirty years later, Tina’s life hasn’t turned out quite how it was supposed to…
“A smart and sensitive one woman show with strong themes and a complex story” – Everything Theatre
“Bhatti gets under the skin of the between-age to bring all its’ itches to the surface” – WhatsOnStage