BIBI RUKIYA'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER

A new Kathak dance-theatre from choreographer Amina Khayyam explores the conditioned patriarchy enforced by women, binding generations in a cycle of control.

Set in contemporary inner-city marginalised migrant communities, and loosely based on Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, the story follows Bibi Rukiya, a widow who confines her three daughters in response to societal pressure to protect her family’s reputation and secure their marriages.

Her daughters react in different ways - one of them, driven by her own aspirations, challenges her mother’s motives and role as a woman.