From the street surrealism of Mumbai, ‘city of motion’, to London’s East End via Manhattan on Millennium night. Kalagora, the global wanderer, collides with a midget tobacconist, paranoid immigration officers and cross-dressing hedonists, observing the uncanny and grotesque at the start of the 21st century.
Fresh from an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, Kalagora is an explosive coming-of-age journey across three continents, splicing theatre, poetry, and video. Written and performed by Siddhartha Bose and featuring music by Bollywood composer Pankaj Awasthi, Kalagora exposes the shock of the megacity.
Writer: Siddhartha Bose
Performer: Siddhartha Bose
Music: Pankaj Awasthi
Film: Maria Tzika
Director: Russell Bender
Associate Director: Joy Mills
Lighting design: McDeath
Sound design: Ed Lewis
Producer: Tom Chivers
Thanks to Rich Mix. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
LONDON Rich Mix
DURHAM Book Festival
BERLIN Poetry Hearings
SALISBURY Arts Centre
WARWICK Arts Centre
LIVERPOOL Bluecoat
EDINBURGH Festival Fringe
MANCHESTER Decibel
LONDON Rosemary Branch
LONDON Queen Mary
2012
LONDON Camden People's Theatre
NOTTINGHAM Playhouse