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East India Club Night - The Tabla Whiz – Gurdain Singh Rayatt and guest band ‘Flux’ East India Club Night at Rich Mix, London - The Tabla Whiz – Gurdain Singh Rayatt and guest band ‘Flux', ...Read More
Khiyo Band Purcell Room, Southbank Centre Reviewed by Sangeeta Datta Khiyo, a compound letter in the Bangla alphabet, is a combination of two other letters k and kh and the band of this name sat well with the alchemic content of the Festival. Sohini Alam started her band with Oliver Weeks (guitar...Read More
Siva-Shakti Shiva-Shakti- Daksha Seth Co QEH South Bank, London Reviewed by Jahnavi Harrison It all sounded so promising in the programme. ‘Visually spectacular’ aerial choreography, ‘stunning’ circus work, live percussion, all by ‘some of India’s most talented performers’. Daksha Sheth Company’s production of Shiva Sha...Read More
Classical Departures – Gauri Sharma Tripathi and Guests – Alchemy Festival Classical Departures – Alchemy Festival Purcell Room, Southbank Centre Reviewed by Seetal Kaur Gahir Classical Departures took an introspective journey through questions of the contemporary and the classical, the present and the timeless. Using the movement grammars from bharatanatyam and kathak, four of the most formidable and innovative dance practitioners in the South Asian dance sce...Read More
Susheela Raman, Alchemy Festival This time last year, Susheela Raman played to a full house at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The audience that thronged the considerably larger Royal Festival Hall last night was undeniable proof that her profile is ever rising. Southbank Artistic Director Jude Kelly...Read More

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