Project-Category: Dance and Performance

Nutkhut have been creating dance and performances for over 10 years, from Bollywood dances on the outdoor steps of a museum to an interactive children’s show in a big top tent.

Girmit The project deals with subjects including migration, isolation, humanity, pain, loss of identity, re-creation, culture, survival and hope, something every person can, in one way or another, recognise and identify with. Our artistic director Ajay Chhabra is deeply connected...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Princess and the Chickpea The Princess and the Chickpea is an exciting collaboration between Nutkhut and Cirque Bijou. We aim to co-create a medium scale outdoor family performance, using circus and Dance performers to tell the classic fairy tale Princess...
The largest Dhol drum in the world arrives accompanied by an ensemble of Dhol drummers. Be prepared to be amazed as the Dhol drum weaves its way through the audience, twisting and turning, surprising audiences young and old alike. This vibrant, enchanting, award-winning...
During World War I a former Royal Palace in England was converted into a hospital for Muslim, Hindu and Sikh soldiers from the Empire, who had been wounded while serving on the Western Front.
Birbal was said to be the most wise, witty and intelligent of Akbar’s nine closest and best advisors known as Akbar’s Nine Jewels or Akbar’s Navrattan – the name also given to a piece of jewellery representing the universe. Akbar...
Two over zealous, indulgent and competitive gardeners are tending to their suburban gardens. But gardening obsession turns into suburban nightmare.


Lost to film history, Shanta Rao Dutt was one of the world’s first filmmakers. A truly global family company with a footprint on every continent, Movieplex, in association with Nutkhut, continues the legacy of its founder, Shanta Rao Dutt. To...
Meridian was first performed at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. It marked the opening of the Cultural Olympiad, and is duly inspired by the movement of time. The piece is an enchanting dance show for all ages, and mesmerises audiences...
Following huge interest in Bollywood Steps, Bollywood Bites was created to provide a new, small-scale, highly versatile and affordable Bollywood dance show. The piece has been previously presented as part of the Merchant City Festival, Glasgow, the London Mela, and...
Inspired by Bollywood films, the show features exciting dance numbers fusing folk, classical, Bhangra, hip hop, jazz, salsa and contemporary dance with all the glamour of Bollywood plus an array of outrageous props, spectacular pyrotechnics and gigantic water effects. Originally...