Red River: Songs and Stories of Refuge
SOAS Concert Series with Somnath Batabyal and Friends
Times
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
19:30 – 21:45
Ticket Price
£20/£12/£6
Tickets coming soonA performance of Indian and Bangladeshi music and readings which celebrate the UK release of an extraordinary new novel set in Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Indian author Somnath Batabyal will collaborate with Sahana Bajpaie, Sohini Alam and others create a new performance featuring readings from Batabyal's novel Red River, and new arrangements of music from the Northeast of India and Bangladesh, where the novel is set.
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