“One cannot be friends with the English!”
The advice was harsh but clear, and Aziz ignored it. Now he lies in jail on a charge of sexual assault.
Forster’s masterpiece poses a question more urgent today than ever: how can we love one another in a world divided by culture and belief?
Multi award-winning ensemble, simple8, transport us to Imperial India, conjuring up the elephants and caves, courthouses and temples with the simplest and boldest means – including original music played live on stage by legendary composer Kuljit Bhamra.
Full of humour and rich humanity, but with vast philosophical and political scope, A Passage to India is one of the great novels of the Twentieth Century. simple8’s thrilling new adaptation reimagines it for contemporary Britain.
★★★★★
“A company possessing the skills, dedication and intelligence to create wonder”
The Times
A simple8 and Royal & Derngate co-production
Company
Cast Liz Crowther, Matthew Douglas, Christopher Doyle, Hannah Emanuel, Tibu Fortes, Richard Goulding, Nigel Hastings, Asif Khan, Edward Killingback, Ranjit Krishnamma, Phoebe Pryce & Maanuv Thiara
Musicians Kuljit Bhamra & Asha McCarthy
Writer E. M. Forster
Adaptor Simon Dormandy
Directors Sebastian Armesto and Simon Dormandy
Music Kuljit Bhamra
Design Dora Schweitzer
Lighting Design Prema Mehta
Reviews
A Passage to India
★★★★
“With just drapes, bamboo canes and boxes, we travel through India via train, a splendid elephant and into the deep caves”
A Passage to India
★★★★
“I left more moved than I expected, reflecting on Forster’s redemptive dream and how far we have and haven’t come”
A Passage to India
★★★★
“An abundance of ingenuity…vibrant, vigorous, vivid and absorbing”
