We Caliban – Shobana Jeyasingh Dance

We Caliban – Shobana Jeyasingh Dance

Shakespeare like you’ve never seen before.
Eight dancers.
Immersive projections.
A score that will move you.

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance is one of the most dynamic and distinctive forces in UK dance. The Company’s vivid and powerful productions live long in the memory, applauded by audiences and critics across the globe.

We Caliban blends outstanding dance with powerful storytelling, inspired by Shakespeare’s brilliant last play, The Tempest. It is a tale about power lost and regained, written as Europe was taking its first step towards colonialism.

We Caliban sees this story through the eyes of Caliban, a minor character in the play whose life is changed forever when the power games of distant lands and unknown peoples are played out in his own remote island, making him a “monstrous” servant to a new master and his young daughter.

Jeyasingh’s bold and imaginative choreography is partnered by visually stunning projections by Will Duke and captivating music by Thierry Pécou. Lighting design is by Floriaan Ganzevoort with set and costume design by Mayou Trikerioti and dramaturgy by Uzma Hameed. We Caliban is performed by eight outstanding dancers.

Co-produced by Sadler’s Wells, with kind support from DanceEast and DANSOX.

A visual story and easy read guide to We Caliban is available for download as a PDF, here.

Age recommendation: 12+
Running time: 1 hour

School and youth group rate available – find out more

Post-show Q&A with Shobana Jeyasingh

Join us after We Caliban on Fri 13 Mar for a Q&A with world‑renowned choreographer and artistic director Shobana Jeyasingh. Simply book a free ticket to the post‑show Q&A, here, and head to our DHL Suite (next to the Playhouse Bar) to be part of a small, intimate audience. Expect to hear more about We Caliban, the company’s past and future work, and how Shobana has become such an inspiration within the contemporary dance community. The Q&A will last approximately 30 minutes.