The project was conceived and commissioned by Alice Cicolini in her role as Head of Arts at the British Council, India
Directed by Tim Supple, the performance was a spectacle that combined the astonishing skills of 23 actors, dancers, musicians, martial arts experts and street acrobats from a hugely diverse range of locations and backgrounds across India and Sri Lanka. Performed in English, Tamil, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and even a little Sanskrit. The show created a sensation in Mambai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. A world tour followed, sell out performances in Australia, USA and Europe, in London they performed at the Roundhouse and the RSC’s Swan Theatre, a critic for The Times writing, “This is the kind of dream that leaves you rubbing your eyes and wishing that you never had to wake."