Vidya Productions and David Glass – HOLY DIRT

This year’s festival features HOLY DIRT, a new collaboration between physical theatre legend and director David Glass and internationally renowned Vidya Thirunarayan from Vidya Productions. Set to live percussion, the show bridges Indian performance styles, particularly Bharatanatyam and Kathakali, with modern physical theatre forms like bouffon and melodrama. Clay, stones, water and sand erupt across the space in a visually startling performance where the rawness of earth converges with myth and ritual. Supported by Certain Blacks and Arts Council England.

HOLY DIRT
Internationally renowned as a Bharatanatyam dancer, Vidya Thirunarayan is also a prominent ceramicist, and in 2015 she began producing and promoting work that blends her dual expertise as a dancer and potter in a unique performance language.
David Glass is a pioneering theatre artist, director, and teacher whose work has transformed the landscape of international performance. Renowned for his boundary-pushing creativity, David has carved a global reputation as a leading figure in physical and devised theatre.
As the founder of the David Glass Ensemble, he has masterfully blended innovative storytelling with striking visual and physical language, delivering timeless works that challenge, provoke, and move.
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