Sunday 6th July – Curve Theatre, Main Theatre

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Tickets – from £10.00

Inspirate have partnered with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Vidya Patel to premiere this new work as the finale of An Indian Summer 2025. 

Dance artist and choreographer Vidya Patel, during her artist residency with the Philharmonia Orchestra, brings together collaborators; Shammi Pithia to create an original score, and spatial designer Shankho Chaudhuri for this new work "A Bride's Woven Plea"

“A Bride's Woven Plea” through dance, live music and space unravels and reweaves the stories of women, plaited through time, migration, and memory. Taking inspiration from the act of plaiting, this work honours the resilience and complexity of women who carry their homes within them through migration, and through the untying and retying of their own identities to weave knowledge, ritual and tradition into the landscape of British culture as we see it today. 

Creative team and cast:

Vidya Patel – Artist in Residence
Shammi Pithia – Composer
Shankho Chaudhuri – Assistant Director
Manuela Fleming – Costume Designer

Zeynep Gunaydin – Producer
Ciara Moss – Technical Stage Manager and Lighting Designer
Suhani Dhanki – Dancer
Rohan Roy – Indian Violin
Gideon Robinson – Violin
Yaroslava Trofymchuk – Cello
Luke Whitehead – Bassoon
Elin Samuel – Harp