Indigo Giant

by Ben Musgrave

Produced, dramaturgy & lyrics by Leesa Gazi
Direction by Gavin Joseph

Presented by Komola Collective, Supported by Arts Council England, University of East Anglia, The Charles Wallace Bangladesh Trust, Redbridge Drama Centre and British Council

Do you ever feel that there is something inside you?

Something very old, that will come out one day?

During the British Raj, to meet the world's insatiable need for blue, vast swathes of the Bengali countryside were given over to the cultivation of the indigo plant. But indigo cultivation was only possible under near slave conditions created by British planters. The atrocities committed by the planters triggered an extraordinary revolution that changed Bengal forever.

Indigo Giant is inspired by Dinabandhu Mitra's trail-blazing Nil Darpan, a play that shook colonial India. It revisits a forgotten moment in British history and a moment in Bengali history that will never be forgotten. It is born out of a dialogue between Bengali and British theatre artists.

I will plant Indigo in your head.
The Indigo Giant is coming.

April 4, 2024 - 7:30pm
There will be a theatre club post the show this evening led by writer/dramaturg Maddy Costa. Audiences are invited to stay and share their opinions about the show and chat with each other. Duration of this event is fluid but can be anything from 45 mins to 1 hour.

April 5, 2024- 7:30pm

April 6, 2024- 7:30pm