Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonPlays, like musicals, often depend on a moment of ecstasy. One occurs at the end of Tanika Gupta's drama, when Abdul Karim, the aged Queen Victoria's Hindi teacher, says that since she can't go to India he will bring India to her. Suddenly the stage becomes a kaleidoscope of song and dance, as tiny paper boats are set ablaze on water, suffusing the theatre with pure transcendent joy.Until tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PM on April 19, 2013