Grace and her granddaughter on a darkened stage
UK Premiere · Riverside Studios, London

The Song of Grace

From a Grandmother's Lullaby · A Dream Awakened

A contemporary theatrical experience of music, movement, and sacred story

Book Now Riverside Studios · 11–13 September 2026
Follow the song

A song passed down in the dark.

A thread drawn through a life.

The melody that becomes a journey.

A Contemporary Theatrical Experience

Music, movement,
and sacred story

Some songs are never written down. They are sung over a cradle, carried in the body, and remembered long after the voice that gave them has gone. The Song of Grace begins with one such melody, and follows it, note by note, through an entire life. This is the lullaby made visible: ninety minutes of original live music, dance and dialogue, lit like candlelight and staged with the intimacy of a secret shared.

The Story

The lullaby
becomes a thread

A young musician grows up with a song from her grandmother, Grace. What begins as a childhood lullaby becomes a thread through her life, guiding her through love, through loss, and the long search for what is true.

It is the simplest of inheritances: a few bars of melody. Yet it holds her when nothing else will, returning at every turning point like a hand reaching back through time.

To follow the song is to follow her: down the years, through the dark, toward the light she was promised as a child.

Grace holds her granddaughter's hand on stage
The Experience

Live, intimate,
visually rich

The conductor raises his baton

Music, performed live

An original cinematic score performed live with a band on stage, moving through Jazz, folk and world music fusions.

The ensemble reaches in unison

Movement

Ballet, contemporary dance, and modern choreography move through the production, giving physical form to the emotion, message, and music.

A performer in white, adorned with flowers

Wisdom through story

Rooted in real-life situations, the dialogue allows the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to be heard through the lives, questions, and choices of the characters.

Original live music. Dance. Dialogue. An international ensemble of artists from ten countries.

Watch

A glimpse of the
Song of Grace

The Song of Grace, official trailer

The official trailer · tap to play with sound

An aerial violinist suspended in a hoop under stage lights
Running time · 90 minutes

Experience the Beauty, Wonder, and Emotions of Live Theatre.

Indradyumna Swami

Indradyumna Swami

Origins

The Gita comes
to life on stage

The Song of Grace is drawn from real events and shaped by the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita: love and duty, loss and meaning, the search for what endures.

It's inspired from the global cultural work of Indradyumna Swami and is brought to life by an international ensemble of artists from ten countries, each carrying their own tradition into one shared stage experience.

Here, spirituality is something to experience, not something you're asked to believe. It is felt through story, music, and movement, the way many of life's deepest truths first reach us: as a song before we fully understand the words.

10 Countries
One ensemble, one melody
The Company

The Prema Collective

The Song of Grace is the flagship production of The Prema Collective, an international performing arts group bringing music, dance, theatre, and sacred story into contemporary spaces.

The collective was formed from years of touring, collaboration, and cultural work inspired by Indradyumna Swami, with artists shaped by both spiritual practice and professional performance.

With this production, The Prema Collective steps forward with its clearest artistic statement yet: theatre that is beautiful, emotionally honest, and rooted in a deeper search for meaning.

Written byVana Mali & Prema Hamilton
Directed byVana Mali
Original Music · Performed LivePrema Hamilton
Artistic ProducerRavin J. Ganatra
Produced byThe Prema Collective
in association with Friends Forever
Plan Your Evening

Fri 11 – Sun 13
September 2026

Venue Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9BN
Location On the banks of the Thames · Nearest tube Hammersmith
Running Time 90 minutes, no interval
Status UK Premiere · Three nights only
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A dancer in motion under stage light

A Dream Awakened.
For three nights only.

Experience the beauty, wonder, and emotions of live theatre, before the lights go down for good.

Follow the song to its last note

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Riverside Studios · 11–13 September 2026 · UK Premiere · 90 minutes

info@thesongofgrace.com  ·  @songofgracetheatre