Sadler's Wells
 Mahabharata
 Mahabharata

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This world premiere production is an exciting new theatre work by multi-award winning composer Nitin Sawhney and Olivier-Award winning writer Stephen Clark.

Whirling, stamping, jangling kathak sequences wind up the stage to a thrilling pitch.
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Angela Davies's set is beautiful - a gleaming gun-metal grey that reflects the vivid tints of Indian light and fabric.
THE GUARDIAN


Mahabharata is the great epic story of ancient India, revealing a mythic world of bloody conflict, magic and beauty.

Composer Nitin Sawhney and choreographer Gauri Sharma Tripathi create a compelling version of modern Kathak dance-theatre, bending traditional rhythms and steps into ravishing contemporary forms.
THE GUARDIAN

This production is visually stunning...you can almost taste the heat and colour
LONDON STANDARD
photo: Eric Richmond

Now an international cast of 26 singers, dancers and musicians, directed by Stuart Wood and choreographed by leading Kathak exponent and Akram Khan collaborator Gauri Sharma Tripathi, bring Mahabharata vividly to life.





The setting, designed by Angela Davies, is a splendid steel spiral wall, radiantly lit. Bolts of silk are used like paint. Miles of fabric unfurl from Krishna's back as multiple arms.
THE TELEGRAPH

A remarkable account of the world's most complex myth with terrific verve and style.
THE INDEPENDENT


This thrilling story of heroes and gods, a bitter dynastic struggle and an extraordinary love, is seen through the eyes of Draupadi: a woman who defies her destiny to become wife to five brothers and the catalyst for the world's most terrible war.

The mix of live and recorded music by Nitin Sawhney, dominated by a punchy, virile string sound, is a powerful presence.
THE INDEPENDENT

Colourful visuals, gorgeous music, lively dance.
THE TIMES


This production revisits the classic tale with a stunning contemporary sensibility. An exhilarating synthesis of music, dance, video imagery and puppetry; Mahabharata is a total theatre experience.

Nitin Sawhney's splendid Indian rhythms and lovely haunting melodies encapsulate the energy and emotion of the drama.
THE TIMES




A Sadler's Wells Co-Production
with Gita Productions

Supported by Jerwood Studio at Sadler’s Wells


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Mahabharata Gallery
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live music Live Music 2007 UK Tour

25 - 28 April
Sadlers Wells, London
0844 412 4300
www.sadlerswells.com

15 - 19 May
Clwyd Theatr Cymru
0845 330 3565
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

22 - 26 May
Theatre Royal Brighton
08700 606 650
www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyal

29 May - 2 June
Manchester Palace
0870 1633402
www.livenation.co.uk/manchester

5 - 9 June
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
0131 529 6000
www.eft.co.uk

19 - 23 June
Oxford Playhouse
01865 305305
www.oxfordplayhouse.com

26 - 30 June
Birmingham Alexandra
0870 607 7535
www.livenation.co.uk/birmingham

3 - 8 July
Leicester De Montfort Hall
0116 233 3111
www.demontforthall.co.uk