{"id":1297,"date":"2014-06-09T17:32:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalagora.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2025-06-27T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:38:50","slug":"the-shroud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalagora.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"The Shroud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/shroud_bros_landscape_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Siddhartha Bose &amp; Avaes Mohammed, photography by Naomi Woddis<\/p>\n<p><em>The Shroud<\/em> is a two-man, miniature epic about loss, time and the things that connect us. A father writes letters to his homesick son. A Kolkata potter shapes clay goddesses from the silt of the Ganges. A young man circles the funeral pyre.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on Hindu myth, memories and personal letters, The Shroud is composed as a series of interweaving dialogues between the poets and theatre-makers Siddhartha Bose and Avaes Mohammad. The ancient and the modern combine to create an inventive, quietly beautiful meditation on death, ritual, fathers and sons.<\/p>\n<h3>Creative team<\/h3>\n<p>Writer: Siddhartha Bose<br \/>\nPerformers: Siddhartha Bose, Avaes Mohammed<br \/>\nDirector: Russell Bender<br \/>\nDevised by Bose, Bender &amp; Mohammad<br \/>\nScenographer: Rajha Shakiry<br \/>\nSound design: Ed Lewis<br \/>\nLighting design: Charlie Lucas<br \/>\nFeaturing the music of Susheela Raman<br \/>\nProducer: Penned in the Margins<\/p>\n<h3>Partners<\/h3>\n<p>RichMix, The Asia House Festival of Literature, Arts Admin, Writers&#8217; Centre Norwich, Gem Arts<\/p>\n<p>Supported by Arts Council England<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalagora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ace_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kalagora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ace_logo-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Shroud - Promotional Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/112289874?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;An epic about how our bodies sometimes remember better than we do especially in times of loss and especially in a world that refuses to give us time to think&#8217;- <em>Ian MacMillan, BBC Radio 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Remarkably alive with detail and personality [&#8230;] powerful, accomplished and thought-provoking&#8217;- <em>A Younger Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A beautiful and moving personal tale told through letters and dreams&#8217;- <em>Hannah Silva<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Shows (2014)<\/h3>\n<p>9 &#8211; 11 MAY LONDON RICH MIX<br \/>\n17 MAY NORWICH ARTS CENTRE<br \/>\n13 SEP CAEDMON HALL, GATESHEAD<\/p>\n<h3>Open discussions: Talking about Death (2014)<\/h3>\n<p>27 FEB TOYNBEE STUDIOS<br \/>\n17 APR TOYNBEE STUDIOS<\/p>\n<h3>Interviews<\/h3>\n<p>Watch Siddhartha Bose and Russell Bender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01wv5k9\">talk about The Shroud for BBC Radio 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exeuntmagazine.com\/features\/talking-about-death\/\">Read an interview<\/a> with Siddhartha Bose in Exeunt Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siddhartha Bose &amp; Avaes Mohammed, photography by Naomi Woddis The Shroud is a two-man, miniature epic about loss, time and the things that connect us. A father writes letters to his homesick son. A Kolkata potter shapes clay goddesses from the silt of the Ganges. A young man circles the funeral pyre. 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