Chotto Desh (UK)
- Akram Khan Company
Akram Khan’s Desh was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike when it was first presented in 2011. Now, Akram Khan Company and Theatre-Rites director Sue Buckmaster have adapted this much-loved production for children aged 7+ and their families. Chotto Desh, meaning ‘small homeland’, draws on Khan’s unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man’s dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh. Using a mix of dance, text, visuals and sound, Chotto Desh celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world and promises to be a magical, thrilling and poignant dance theatre experience for families to enjoy together.
From 7 years
Chotto Desh is a perfect family performance that is both grand and personal. It’s about a childs experience of having a background in two countries and two cultural identities, Britain and Bangladesh. What is it that makes us who we are? The staging is an imaginative and clever mix of dance, sound and projections. This performance offers a warm and dreamlike atmosphere with nice and simple theatrical magic!
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Akram Khan CompanyCast:
Artistic Direction and Original Choreography: Akram Khan
Direction and Adaptation: Sue Buckmaster (Theatre-Rites)
Music Composition: Jocelyn Pook
Lighting Design: Guy Hoare
Stories imagined by: Karthika Naïr and Akram Khan
Written by: Karthika Naïr, Sue Buckmaster and Akram Khan
Assistant Choreographer: Jose Agudo
Grandmother's voice: Leesa Gazi
Jui’s voice: Sreya Andrisha Gazi
Dancers: Dennis Alamanos and Nicolas Ricchini
Producer: Claire Cunningham on behalf of AKCT
Original Visual Design: Tim Yip
Original Visual Animation created by: Yeast Culture
Original Costume Supervisor: Kimie Nakano
Sound Designer and AV Engineer: Alex Stein
Music Engineer: Steve Parr
Costume Reconstruction Advisor: Martina Trottmann
Technical Producer: Sander Loonen (Arp Theatre)
Technical Manager: Ed Yetton Rehearsal
Director: Amy Butler
Stage Manager: Dean Sudron