- Ticket price:
- From: £15
- Running time:
- 2 hrs (incl interval)
- Age range:
- 7+
Kathakali, the classical dance drama of Kerala south India, makes a welcome return to The Sherling Studio, to perform stories of dignity, love, strength, compassion, arrogance, rejection, cruelty, and war.
The Kala Chethena Kathakali Company, include outstanding international Kathakali artists from Kerala, to bring emotion, colour, and incredible characters onto the stage.
The company have toured extensively in the UK and world-wide bringing Kathakali to thousands of people. For anyone unfamiliar with Kathakali there is a chance to see the makeup being applied, view the costumes, meet the artists and a short pre-show demonstration.
Allow your imagination to enter the magical world of Kathakali and find a place where stories come alive.
Enter the magical world of Kathakali, a highly visual, emotional, and powerful drama that captures human nature through theatre. Explore family values, your dreams, compassion, aspirations and consider the rights of women to be respected. Observe the destruction of war and how arrogance plays a huge role in the breakdown of society.
Image Credit: Mark Bennett
