A THEATRE group that mixed Shakespeare with Indian dance, Tim Burton and Game of Thrones will wow crowds at one of Bradford Literature Festival’s many events tonight.

Up and coming theatre company, Tribe Arts are performing #tribeShakespeare400 in the Mind The Gap studios.

The group will perform selected scenes from Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra and The Tempest, adding what they describe as a “Gothic-Mughal style.”

Marking 400 year since Shakespeare’s death, tonight’s performance is the first look at what the group plans to be a much bigger production. As the year progresses they hope to take part in many more performances.

The event will feature striking costumes, a Mujra dance performance and original music by Niraj Chag.

And after the show there will be a feedback session where the audience interact with the group to help shape the way their future productions will be developed.

Tribe Arts began in 2013 when a group of black and Asian actors came together after working on a research and development project at Theatre in the Mill at the University of Bradford. They have since worked to become a “radical-political” theatre company, aiming to break barriers and boundaries.

The group also appeared at last year’s festival, hosting a discussion on the British Empire and the wider effects of colonialism, identity, revolution and belonging.

As well as the Manningham based Mind the Gap Studios, today sees some of the festival’s more unusual venues hosting events.

The Stein Bierkeller hosts a political themed poetry session featuring acts including young poet laureate for London Selina Nwulu, songwriter and comedian John Hegley. The event has totally sold out before the show.

As the evening goes on, Undercliffe Cemetery will become possibly the most atmospheric festival venue.

Historian and photographer Mark Davis gives a twilight tour of the Victorian cemetery, considered one of the grandest in Europe.

Tomorrow will feature some of the biggest events of the 10 day festival. The Midland Hotel hosts A Conversation with Nadiya Hussain - the winner of last year’s Great British Bake Off.

The sold out event will see her talking about her life before, during and after the show.

Also sold out is Diary of a Hounslow Girl in the Theatre in the Mill, a play that tells the story of a 16 year old Muslim girl growing up in London.

And Bradford’s Waterstones store will host an evening titled Mildly Erotic Poetry, a look at some of literature’s most sensual verses. It is being introduced by Emma Wright, editor of the Emma Press Anthology of Mildly Erotic Verse.”

To book an event visit bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk.