When we did Love and Petrol, we made sure we had a diverse cast. So we made sure there were, you know, we were looking for South Asian people to join in, and they kept coming to the club, and that, you know, people at the club knew them, and that influenced our friendships. Alice Nutter The 1 in 12 Club, even though it’s in Bradford, at that time, it was quite white, you know, there weren’t many Asian people involved in the club and a big part of our plan for this show was half the cast needed to be Asian. So we had to try getting in touch with loads of like cultural groups and theatre groups in Bradford, none of whom got back to us at the time. I remember being really disappointed. So we just had to go out and start putting posters up and targeting other places where, you know, young people, young Asian people might be interested. And we managed to do it. You know, it’s like it was, half the cast was white, half the cast was Asian. We came together and created this amazing thing. Harry Hamer We did auditions. Bizarrely, we did auditions and got local people. There were a couple of lads came along and a couple of lasses, and he had one of the main parts in Haymarket. And they weren’t club members at all. Noel Batstone
PART TWO: A PLACE OF COMMUNITY
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