Croydon Clocktower is delighted to present DESTINASIAN, a showcase of emerging Asian arts in dance, music, theatre and combined arts.

Sanchita Farruque [Music] & VJ Anyone [Visuals]
Friday 6 June, 8.30pm
Tickets £8 / £5 concs

Featured on Nitin Sawhney's critically acclaimed album, 'Beyond Skin', Sanchita Farruque is a voice cloaked in emotion and soulful inspiration. Most recently, she joined multi-percussionist Trilok Gurtu as lead vocalist on his World Tour, which kicked off in March 2003, the tour is scheduled to take her to venues across Europe, America and Asia. Sanchita expresses vocals of pure delight. Her interpretations of Jazz-Funk, Eastern beats and Drum 'n' Bass, enveloped in Soul will amaze.

Shamaa Dance Company present 'Shift'
Saturday 14 June, 8pm
Tickets £8 / £5 concs

A multi-media dance piece on the theme of migration, using the South Asian classical dance form Kathak blended harmoniously with Chau, Kalaripayatu (martial arts) folk and other physical disciplines (e.g. Yoga) together with South Asian contemporary music and video projection.

Artistic director of Shamaa Dance collaborates for the choreography of the dance piece, with Madhu Natraj-Heri, director of Stem Dance Theatre.

Naach Theatre Company present 'Miss Julie'
Sunday 15 June, 8pm
Tickets £8 / £5 concs

Undoubtedly one of Strindberg's greatest and most haunting plays, Miss Julie is transported to India's colonial past to the time of the crumbling Mogul gentry, where Miss Julie is the last in a dying line of nobility. The friction between forbidden passion and social status is never more apparent than in this era of Indian history. Directed by Nadia Fall.

Juliana Brustik & Amina Khayyam [Dance]
VJ Anyone [Visuals] present Amad (enter)
Friday 20 June 8pm
Tickets £8 / £5 concs

Juliana Brustik and Amina Khayyam bring us this unique collaboration of north Indian classical and Egyptian dance, specially commissioned for the DestinAsian season. The merging of dance styles is complemented by the visual paradise created by VJ Anyone.