The Troth | At ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2018
Indian press highlight ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival‘s Heritage Evenings which will feature music, theatre and cultural performances – including the premiere of The Troth-Usne Kaha Tha – and will take place at Jaipur’s iconic Amber Fort and Hawa Mahal.
Read: ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 to feature dazzling Heritage Evenings to celebrate the city’s iconic monuments in partnership with Rajasthan Tourism in India Education Diary
Read: Heritage Evening to be part of Jaipur Literature Festival in The India Saga
Read: Heritage evenings at Jaipur’s iconic monuments 11th JLF in Press Trust of India
The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha
Akademi’s The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha is a gripping wartime story of love and loss, told through powerful dance theatre. Inspired by a 1915 short story Usne Kaha Tha by Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, it tells the story of Sardar Lehna Singh’s sacrifice of keeping his secret promise to an unrequited love while mid-conflict in the horror of the trenches of Belgium. Directed by Gary Clarke, the show features a specially-commissioned music score by Shri Sriram, and a cast including Vidya Patel (BBC Young Dancer 2015 finalist).
2018 UK and International tour dates
The Troth is funded by Arts Council England; Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Armed Forces Covenant Fund; Cockayne Grants for the Arts through the London Community Foundation; PRS for Music Foundation; ICCR; and Air India. Partners include UK-India Year of Culture; British Council; The Space; Imperial War Museum; National Army Museum; The Nehru Centre, London; Watermans Arts Centre; and Teamwork Arts.