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Watch bodies and words fly like flocks of birds, a murmuration, a little murmur…

Little Murmur, a dance theatre show for everyone age 7+, families and schools, is coming to the Bristol Old Vic. Featuring groundbreaking projection, an extraordinary soundscape and a blizzard of paper and confetti, the story is based around Aakash Odedra’s experience of dyslexia.

Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, Aakash found school very challenging: he spelt his name wrongly until he was 21 and it wasn’t until he “found the missing ‘A’” that he felt he belonged. Defined by his learning difficulties, not his abilities, dance became his mode of expression.

Combining visual design and technology with dance and humour, Little Murmur explores the warped and exaggerated realities of living in a world you struggle to process. Based on Aakash’s hugely moving show Murmur 2.0, this stunning visual treat is an honest and heart felt conversation about the trials and tribulations of living with dyslexia, facing challenges and overcoming the odds.

Audience reactions to Little Murmur have included –

  • “I sat in the theatre and just sobbed on more than one occasion in the performance. I felt just overwhelmed with relief and understanding and not being alone in my experience.”     
  • “My 10-year-old daughter has dyslexia…”. “She said it was “Amazing! It was exactly like the inside of my head.” “I really think it has helped her feel seen and me to understand her better.”   
  • “I’m the mum of an autist and I was so moved watching the performance. The opening had me close to tears, there were times I smiled with a happy knowingness and then during the paper scene it was all I could do to stay in my seat rather than run down and help find his ‘A’…no, really, I could have ruined the performance! Thank you for depicting the struggles and the strengths and while dyslexia and autism are not the same thing, ‘struggling to process the world’ is a common factor.”   

 Bristol Old Vic dates

  • 30 October – 12pm, 3:30pm 
  • 31st October – 12pm, 3:30pm 
  • 1st November – 12pm, 3:30pm 
  • 2nd November – 12pm, 3:30pm 

For more information about Little Murmur and to book tickets, go to https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/little-murmur-2024