Tamasha and Belgrade Theatre in Association with Pilot Theatre Present MADE IN INDIA

This February Tron Theatre is delighted to host the Scottish premiere of Made In India, a thrilling new play about motherhood and blood ties between women and nations in a brave new world.

Made In India is written by Satinder Chohan, an emerging British Asian playwright who seeks to set her stories in globally under-represented spheres. The idea for Made In India scooped writer Satinder Chohan the 2013 Adopt-a-Playwright award - an opportunity for which she was nominated by Tamasha, a company with a 25-year history of reaching new audiences and less engaged groups.

Made In India centres around the meeting of three women in a surrogacy clinic in Gujarat. Londoner Eva is in motherhood's last chance saloon. For village girl Aditi, surrogacy is a lifeline out of poverty. For clinic owner and businesswoman Dr Gupta, it's all just another transaction.

But with the backdrop of profound global forces, can it possibly remain that simple?

Satinder Chohan, playwright: 'I felt compelled to write a play with surrogacy at its heart as it is such a controversial subject loaded with conflicting emotion, culture and politics.'

'I wanted to explore the wider global issue of which surrogacy is a part - the commodification of everything in a time when morals are easily sacrificed for financial markets and how we, as privileged Westerners and consumers rely on workers all over the world to provide the material stuff of our lives.'

India has been regarded as the world's 'surrogacy hub', one of a handful of countries legally offering commercial surrogacy to parents internationally, although the industry was not fully regulated. The industry was estimated to be worth over £1.5million, with surrogates themselves stated as being able to earn up to £10000. In 2016 a change to the law was drafted so that surrogacy would become legal only to heterosexual Indian couples married for five years.

Made In India features a compelling all-female cast and subtle social comment about the legacy of post-colonialism and the emergence of India as a superpower. The result is a fascinating cross-cultural encounter which could only take place in the 21st century.

For tickets and more information visit www.tron.co.uk or call 0141 552 4267.

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