Kali

Emily Hennessey, with music by Sheema Mukherjee
8 MAY 2025, 7.30PM

Demon-slayer. Ultimate mother. Wild wife. World destroyer.

From demure housewife to bloodthirsty goddess, gurgling infant to elephant man, meditating sage to cosmic fire-eater, Hindu mythology is a wild realm of mind-blowing transformations. And at its heart, the most electrifying shapeshifter of them all – Kali.

Join master storyteller Emily Hennessey and sitar virtuoso Sheema Mukherjee on a high-voltage journey through sun-drenched palaces, fiend-infested forests, blood-streaked temples, and riotous, spice-laden marketplaces - all thrumming with the untamed force of Kali.

When an evil power spreads across the world, Kali’s time has come…

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where

Hoxton Hall, London
130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH

when

8 MAY 2025, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £14 / £12 concessions & unders 30s

SUITABLE FOR: adults (14+)

RUNNING TIME: 50mins + 45mins + interval

STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of dismemberment, threat, immolation, sexual threat, within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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where

Hoxton Hall, London
130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH

when

8 MAY 2025, 7.30PM

ticket information

TICKETS: £14 / £12 concessions & unders 30s

SUITABLE FOR: adults (14+)

RUNNING TIME: 50mins + 45mins + interval

STARTS: 7.30pm

CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of dismemberment, threat, immolation, sexual threat, within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

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