What poems of the heart inscribe ancestral bloodlines, through forced migration and slavery, affecting people’s relationships today? Motherland tells a story of love, conflict, revenge and revolution.

This epic, cross-cultural dance theatre spectacle looks at the relationship between two people through the lens of African and Indian slavery and the journeys that make present-day communities profoundly intertwined.

Motherland brings together an international cast to create the sounds, rhythms and movements of India, Africa, the Caribbean and the UK, to celebrate the power of the human spirit.

These London dates are the culmination of a national tour which runs from Saturday 8 September in Birmingham, and visits Crawley, Luton, Warwick, Shropshire, Frome, Ledbury, Stockton-on-Tees, Rocester, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Halifax and Leicester. Visit sampad.org.uk for full details.

Creative Director Eugene Skeef Dramaturg Jatinder Verma Composer Praveen Rao Choreography Mamata Shankar, Bawren Tavaziva & Santosh Nair Writer Tunde Olatunji Production Design Chris Cuthbert Creative Producer Piali Ray

Cast: Dancers Santosh Nair, Tushar Kalia, Amayra Fuller, Gerrard Martin, Dipisha Patel Musicians Praveen Rao, Seby Ntege, Dan Wilkins Narrators/Vocals Daniel Donaldson & Pallavi Arun

Presented by Sampad South Asian Arts in association with Tara Arts

DATES AND TIMES

• Tuesday 2 October, 7.45pm
• Wednesday 3 October, 7.45pm
• Thursday 4 October, 7.45pm
• Friday 5 October, 7.45pm
• Saturday 6 October, 3.30pm
• Saturday 6 October, 7.45pm