A docu-drama based on the shoe throwing incident of Muntadhar Al Zaidi on George Bush.
A play about love and betrayal, ‘Thirty Days’ treats the sensitive and generally taboo issue of child sexual abuse. ‘Thirty Days’ endeavors to lift the veil of silence which surrounds child sexual abuse and addresses the issue unflinchingly. It builds on the trauma of Mala who lives with the haunting memories of her abused past.
When respect is denied to a man for the only reason that he is borne by ‘low-caste’ parents, the offence cannot simply be termed as a social violence. It assumes larger proportions of crime against humanity and society at large.Yet by the turn in situation the murderer becomes a winner whereas the victim is unforgiven.
This play is set in a ‘modest working class flat’ and is Fo’s first of its kind comedy insofar as it focuses on the problems in the economy from the viewpoint of the housewife struggling to afford the ever rising prices in the shops.
Kharaashein” – The bruises and scars from the Riots somehow never heal fully. There could be illusionary interludes of civil behavior now and then to suggest bonhomie. Then again, the riots strike and all the old scars begin to bleed.
Moteram Ka Satyagrah is Musical satire-based on Munshi Premchand’s story, revolving around Pandit Moteram Shastri, the protagonist, who has bitten off more than he can possibly chew. Moteram decides to go on a hunger strike to protest against the Viceroy’s visit to the city of Benaras. But will he be able to stick by his resolve or will
he succumb to his love of food? Watch this play to understand the relationship between religion and politics.
Operation Three Star is an adaptation of Dario Fo’s ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’. Grounded in a very specific, disturbing politicl reality the Operation Three Star offers a scathing comment the real events which are
criminal and obscene in their brutality: Crimes of the state.
Partition is a play based on short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto directed by Arvind Gaur. The brutal violence that accompanied the Partition of 1947 has been best captured in the beautiful snippets that were written by Saadat Hasan Manto. The stories defied convention in trying to express the unspoken torments of Partition that saw deaths of millions of innocent people. This drama play is going to be an amazing experience.
Ramkali is the Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht ‘s play – The Good Person of Szechwan.
It raises core issues facing today’s world, of greed versus common good, of the value of right and wrong, of the pressures society puts on people which drive them to committing wrongs to keep up with expectations, the exploitation of goodness and of good people by an aspiring society, and the question of equating theft and wrong doing out of need with that done out of greed.
Ye Aadmi Ye Chuhe is the story of two migrant field workers – Jaggu, an intelligent and cynical man; and ”Lori” Small, an ironically-named man of large stature and immense strength, but limited mental abilities.
The play reveals the mindset of American soldiers in Iraq and highlights critical incidents that occurred at the infamous Abu Ghraib jail during early years of American occupation. Once the inhumanity, ruthlessness and blatant violation Of Geneva convention at Abu Ghraib got exposed, there was a worldwide opposition of operation iraqi freedom: America’s war on “terror”.
The play portrays the great debate between Gandhi and Ambedkar which led to the Poona pact and also the benefits
highlighted by Ambedkar and the fears of Gandhi regarding the eradication of division between the savarna and the avarna Hindus.
A brilliant 40 minutes solo performance on LGBTQ issues. The play speaks about stigma that society puts on people who are finding their sexual orientation.
This play depicts different aspects of human emotion and shows how relationships are affected by social, political, religious circumstances. The play also touches on those individual struggles of life that everyone goes through, and how people react to them.
A one act play about the haunting journey of an Afghan refugee, Shahwali Bhashiri, who escapes Afghanistan during
the Taliban regimen in search of a safe home with his family. Being an Afghan in the post 9/11 world he struggles to survive as he comes across extremely horrific circumstances.
Final Solution has a powerful contemporary resonance as it addresses as issue of utmost concern to our society, i.e. the issue of communalism. The play presents different shades of the communalist attitude prevalent among Hindus and Muslims in its attempt to underline the stereotypes and clichés influencing the collective sensibility of one community against another.
The play raises relevant issues in the context of our recent socio-political situation. It addresses communal issues, the issue of development in our country and the idea of democracy. The play’s plot is mainly focused on Gandhi having a conversation with Godse.
Partition proved ‘catastrophic’ to our own motherland. It was August 14th, 1947 when British India was officially sliced into two nations triggering largest displacement of human population in the history of the world wherein about 14.5 million people crossed the borders that were not even known to them.
Raastey – as the name indicates – deals with the different ideological paths we choose for ourselves. Selfless socialism, violent naxalism, religious nationalism and even indifferent liberalism are all relevant political stands we take in our lifetime.
‘TARA’ has a powerful story line and deals with the pertinent and potent questions of medical ethics, personal relationships and Hypocrisy Which Exists In Indian Families. It Also Highlights The Issue Of Gender Discrimination
And Aspects That Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin. The Play Questions The Role Of A Society That Treats The Children Of The Same Womb In Two Different Ways.
Depicting lives of everyday mortals “LOG-BAAG” reveals myriad of moods, class distinctions and various shades of
mind and attitude. A play with eight short stories of chekhov woven together, each individually depicting a slice
of life. Yet, the common thread that binds them together is the essential conflict between “What should be” and “What is” and also the typical Chekhovian end that undercuts each story as a very first last moment.
