Making Gold: Alchemy Festival 2017
By Ned Carter Miles
At Alchemy Festival 2017, FAIZA BUTT’s
From May 19 to 29, the largest festival of South Asian culture in the United Kingdom, Alchemy, returned for the eighth time to London’s Southbank Centre. Overlooking the River Thames—the artery at the heart of the capital and country—this complex of arts venues became home to a thoughtful and celebratory exploration of the rich, intricate and at times thorny relationship between the UK and the subcontinent, 70 years after the end of the British Raj. Among the festival’s highlights were performances of music, dance and stand-up comedy, literary debates, talks and recitals, workshops, food markets and visual art installations.
