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Theatre & Dance

Hetain Patel

Mathroo Basha

Sat 1 Nov 2025, 7pm

Djanogly Theatre

£10

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Running time

45 minutes, no interval

Age range

Suitable for ages 7+

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Coming soon
Sold out
Mathroo Basha has sold out

Priority booking Wed 9 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

Acclaimed visual artist and filmmaker Hetain Patel presents his latest work which uses movement and audio interviews to explore generational change across his Brit-Gujarati family.

Following the passing of a number of first-generation immigrants in his family, British-born Hetain reflects on what is lost and what is transformed, revisiting rituals rooted in his family’s working-class Brit-Gujarati experience.

Responding physically to audio interviews of women from his family speaking in Gujarati about inheritance, loss and the future, Mathroo Basha (Mother Tongue in Gujarati) delves into the emotional realities of generational change through personal movement explorations where his body becomes the conduit.

Performed in English and Gujarati.

This performance will be followed by a post show talk.

Mathroo Basha is part of Nottdance festival.

Photo © Foteini Chritofilopoulou

 

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Production photos

Hetain sits on a colourful carpet while dancing.
Hetain performs on a stage wearing a colourful rug as a skirt
Hetain crouches down on a colourful carpet on a dark stage

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