Curve theatre, LeicesterIn the opening moments of Desh (homeland), Akram Khan walks on to the stage in shirt and dhoti trousers. His tread is weary and he is holding a lamp, as if clocking on for some grim night shift. Taking a sledgehammer, he delivers blow after crashing blow to a raised iron plate. Its function is unclear but it might be a manhole cover, the point of entry to some dark subterraneum. Eventually Kha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PM on September 17, 2011