Patrick Studio at Birmingham Hippodrome – until 10th April 2025  Reviewed by Emma Millward  5***** The award-winning Aakash Odedra Company, based in Leicester, UK, is dedicated to showcasing classical...

★★★★★ Where possible, I attend new work with as little knowledge of it as possible. So to me, Aakash Odedra’s 'Songs of the Bulbul' was about a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, rejoicing in the dawn of its life, before being attacked by some evil sticky sticks, getting progressively more stuck, dying, and going to dance in heaven. Honestly, I wasn't too far from the show's literary and religious underpinnings, which I think is a testament to the production's inherent storytelling.

Aakash Odedra Company, in collaboration with Manchester Camerata, has announced the English premiere and UK tour of Songs of the Bulbul, a solo dance performance by Aakash Odedra. The tour commences at Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio from 8 to 10 April 2025. Notably, the performance at The Lowry in Salford on 6 May will feature live orchestral accompaniment by Manchester Camerata, along with vocalists Abi Sampa and Sarthak Kalyani.