Reviews

Gait to the Spirit Festival 2012

Mixed Bill 
Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver 

This past weekend (26-28 October), I had the pleasure of attending the 3rd annual Gait to the Spirit festival of Indian classical dance in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Organized by Jai Govinda, the artistic director of Man...Read More
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Much Ado About Nothing

Royal Shakespeare Company
Noel Coward Theatre, London
Image Credit: Ellie Kurttz

Iqbal Khan's Much Ado About Nothing, which recently transferred from Stratford to the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End, is part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's international Shakesp...Read More

Image Credit: Ellie Kurttz
DESH

 

Akram Khan Company 
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
Image Credit: Richard Haughton 

 

Does anyone remember the hit TV series Quantum Leap? In each episode, the dashing Scott Bakula would find himself teleported...Read More

Image Credit: Richard Haughton
Double Bill: Pulsating Surshingar and Violin maestros - Joydeep Ghosh and the Mysore Brothers

Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
As part of Darbar Festival 2012 
Image Credit: Arnhel de Serra 

 

Darbar’s reputation as the most diverse, high quality Indian music festival outside of India, was upheld with its cracking first night. After a late start, Joydeep Ghosh took to the stage. He is not a big name, and his hefty instrument, the sursringar, is even less known. Tuning took quite...Read More

Image Credit: Arnhel de Serra
Red Baraat

Rich Mix, London

 

Image Credit: James Bartolozzi  

Red Baraat have been described as...Read More

Image Credit: James Bartolozzi