![]() “I remember when this group of funeral directors came to see the play,” Qureshi says, “and I was like, ‘Oh my God, if I’ve got stuff wrong, they’ll be so cross!’” But they loved it, and stayed afterwards to take a picture with the cast. “It’s not the main thrust of this play,” she says of Ministry, “but I hope it’s baked into it, because it’s baked into me.” Since then, she has felt pressure to write Asian and Muslim stories. ![]() The play does ask questions about race, specifically about British attitudes towards immigration. “I think queerness runs through everything I write,” Qureshi says, “but so does brownness.” She has found the theatre industry stifling at times, with limited opportunities for writers of colour. ![]() Why isn’t there enough space for all of us?” “I remember there being this period when I was going up for interviews and I’d see the same people waiting outside,” she says.
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