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Sadler's Wells New Wave Associate Hetain Patel is a visual artist whose work for the stage has been attracting growing acclaim. His practice crosses a number of art forms with the body and identity as core concerns. Major international institutions have shown his work including Tate Modern and the Southbank Centre, Sydney Festival, Bodhi Art New York, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Arts in China and Chaterjee and Lal in Mumbai. I always thought counting to ten was easy...Somewhere between Bolton, Barbados, Scotland and India three men, Hetain, Mark and Dave, make a journey of discovery. Taking music and the Indian ten-beat rhythm cycle as a starting point, this performance delves with endearing honesty and humour into the usually dry questions of cultural identity. TEN looks at the meeting place between the red dot on the Hindu forehead and the red cross on the English flag. Negotiating multiple and overlapping identities in Britain today, TEN asks - what is behind this need to belong? Award winning artist Hetain Patel has created a diverse body of work including photography, video and installations. TEN is his eagerly awaited first piece for theatre. Duration: 55mins. Produced by Dance4. Commissioned by Dance4 and New Art Exchange. Supported by Lakeside Arts Centre and Arts Council England, East Midlands. Hetain Patel website.

Cast/Performers

Mark Evans, Dave 'Stickman' Higgins, Hetain Patel

Creatives/Company

Producer: Dance4
Dramaturg: Michael Pinchbeck
Other: Matthias Sperling (choreoturgy)
Music: Hiren Chate
Lighting: Jackie Schemesh