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Soumik Datta: Borderlands

Earth Unwrapped

Sun 16 Mar
Contemporary

Soumik Datta: Borderlands

Earth Unwrapped

Winner of the Aga Khan Music Award, Soumik Datta reveals an immersive in-the-round experience in partnership with Loss><Gain led by long-term Sigur Rós manager John Best and veteran Sound Designer David Sheppard.


Weaving sarod, personal stories of migration, spoken word volleys and cinematic textures in epic surround-sound, Borderlands bridges Indian music with pioneering spatial audio from d&b’s Soundscape System.

Production Credits: 
Surround Sound Design – Loss >< Gain
Visual & Set Design – Simon Daw
Dramaturg – Zoë Svendsen
Double Bass – Nina Harries
Tabla – Gurdain Singh Rayatt
Artistic Director, Composition and Sarod – Soumik Datta

Produced by Soumik Datta Arts in partnership with The Space, Aga Khan Foundation, G5A Warehouse, BNP Paribas, d&b, Philharmonia Orchestra and Arts Council England.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

Plan your visit

Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.

Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.

The Venue 
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.

Event Times 
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.

  • Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
  • We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
  • Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible

Access

We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.

If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk. 

 

Food & Drink

Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.

Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.

d&b Soundscape

For this event, d&b audiotechnik’s Soundscape system will be utilised throughout the performance. A revolution in the live sound experience, d&b Soundscape is an alternative to the traditional left and right stereo system, using up to 28 loudspeakers to open up a plethora of creative possibilities for artists to reinforce their sound.

Click here to read an article on our Magazine explaining more about the technology and click here to browse all shows utilising d&b Soundscape.

Dates & start times:Sun 16 Mar - 5pm, 7.30pm
Venue:Hall Two
Price:£20.00-£10.00
+ 12.5% (£6 cap) Transaction fee.
+ £1 Building levy. More info
d&b Soundscape performance
For this event, d&b audiotechnik's Soundscape system will be utilised throughout the performance. A revolution in the live sound experience, d&b Soundscape is an alternative to the traditional left and right stereo system, using up to 28 loudspeakers to open up a plethora of creative possibilities for artists to reinforce their sound.  Click here to read an article on our Magazine explaining more about the technology and click here to browse all shows utilising d&b Soundscape.
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets have been allocated to this event (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
  • Pension Credit
  • Universal Credit
  • Disability Benefit
  • Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
  • Students
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