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The play is written by Midlands-born South Asian female writer Sonali Bhattacharyya and directed by Janet Steel of the London-based Kali Theatre Company.

It explores what it means to be different and how to belong in twenty first century Britain.

Five Black Country community groups took part in workshops for the productionÌý where the sixtieth anniversary of Partition of India was used as a starting point for discussion.

"We believe it’s important for people who don’t work in the arts to inform and be part of the creative process," says Bobby Tiwana of reSonAte, the programme co-ordinator of Black Country Touring.

"The play evolved from those discussions," he said.

The show will go back to all of the communities who took part in the workshops in the Black Country as well as giving performances at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and in London as part of Kali Theatre’s Giving Voice Festival.

The production can be seen at a number of venues across Birmingham and the Black Country including:

Performance dates:

Wed 7 Nov 7pm Ulfah Arts at mac 0121 446 4460.

Thu 8 Nov 7.30pm Comm Action Project Smethwick 0121 565 3273. Tickets £3 (£2)

Sat 10 Nov, 4pm Smethwick Library 0121 558 0497. Tickets £3 (£1.50 concessions)

Mon 19 Tue 20 Nov 7.45pm Birmingham Repertory Theatre 0121 236 4455. Tickets £3.

Wed 21 Nov, 7.30pm Gujarati Hindu Social and Cultural Centre Walsall 01922 474 447.

Tue 27 Nov 1.30pm Arena Theatre Wolverhampton 01902 321 321. Tickets £2.

Black Country touring is based in Oldbury and is contactable on 0121 552 0014.