Alliance Française de Bombay, Avid Learning and Royal Opera House, Mumbai present Kathakali-King Lear directed by Annette Leday and David McRuvie, an intercultural performance which brings together the four century old Kathakali Dance Form with the Shakespearean Tragedy King Lear.

Originally premiered in 1989, it has since been performed in prestigious venues around the world for over a decade. The last series of performances took place at the Globe Theatre in London from 6 to 17 July 1999. Since its creation, it has become a reference in the field of intercultural performance and has been the object of enthusiasm and passionate polemics, as well as of numerous academic studies. Since 1989, the company has created many other choreographies of contemporary design which have always featured Indian performers who participated in the Kathakali-King Lear.

This performance is a revival of the Kathakali-King Lear production and will feature the generation of artists who originally participated in this piece in their youth and who have now reached the full maturity of their art, in the main roles of the play. All the written documents and videos produced during the creation in 1989 have been carefully preserved, which will allow a rapid and faithful reconstruction of the staging and the choreography.

After touring in India this year, it will be performed at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris in April 2019, marking the 30th anniversary of its creation.