We Caliban- A new production opening in September 2025

Image: Chris Nash

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance will be touring a new production in 2025-2026, co-produced by Sadler’s Wells

We Caliban – An inventive, sideways look at Shakespeare’s The Tempest. 

Shakespeare’s brilliant last play, The Tempest, written as Europe was taking its first step towards colonialism, is a tale about power – exercised weakly, usurped violently, and regained through strategy and showmanship.

We Caliban sees this story through the eyes of Caliban, a minor character in the play whose life is changed forever when the power games of distant lands and unknown peoples are played out in his own remote island, making him a “monstrous” servant to a new master and his young daughter.

Jeyasingh’s bold and imaginative new work is presented by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, co-produced by Sadler’s Wells, brought to life by eight outstanding dancers and a stellar creative team. 

Venues to be announced!