Fwd: [Events Bangalore] WATER LILIES @ RANGASHANKARA
Thejesh GN
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Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Subject: [Events Bangalore] WATER LILIES @ RANGASHANKARA
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WATER LILIES: A TRILOGY
A JustUs Repertory Production
AT RANGASHANKARA, 31 May & 1 June 2008, 3.30 pm & 7.30 pm
Play, Design, Direction: Gowri Ramnarayan
Cast: Dhritiman Chaterji, V.Balakrishnan, Sunandha Ragunathan
Prateeksha Chandrasekhar, Akhila Ramnarayan, Ishwar Srikumar
Music: Anil Srinivasan
Lights: M.Siva
Sound: Ranjitha Janardhan
Slide Projection: Prashant Ipejob
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
THEME:
In each play, two strangers, a Man and a Woman, claiming different
racial origins, meet by accident in a public space in the U.S.
As they share confidences and spill secrets, the casual encounters
trigger reflection. Live western classical piano provides the subtext.
SYNOPSIS
FAWN LILIES
A park in Columbus, Ohio: A birdwatching dietician from Vijayawada,
whose boyfriend decides to give up love for war, meets a gay vagabond
with a wry feel for causes.
WATER LILIES
Monet Exhibition, Houston Museum: Dismissing Claude Monet as a painter
of pretty flowers, a Texan investment banker becomes curious about a
Srilankan woman's passion for Monet's lilyscapes.
BLACK LILIES
Washington Dulles Airport: Two days after 9/11, a young school teacher
from Tamil Nadu on her first foreign trip, finds a friend in a Serbo
Hungarian novelist on his way to meet his German translator in
Frankfurt.
MUMBAI MIRROR 28 FERUARY 2008
There was plenty of wit and repartee here and jokes at each other's
expense. But no offence was taken because each one felt free to live
according to her or his beliefs and values. Yet each took away
something of great value from the encounters.
MUMBAI THEATRE GUIDE 28 FEBRUARY 2008
There is a lifelike quality further enhanced by good performances. You
come out thinking you have watched good theatre, which is after all a
rarity these days.
KALKI WEEKLY 14.10.2007
Disturbing moral questions are raised in the three plays – Fawn
Lilies, Water Lilies and Black Lilies. The search for answers is
realized as the most interesting part of some questions. The fact that
there are no answers is the answer for others. And there is the sly
pretence of not knowing the answers, reason challenging the answers
known to instinct. With fine dialogues Gowri Ramnarayan shapes rounded
characters and strengthens the narrative.
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, 21 OCTOBER 2007
Dhritiman Chaterji, who plays the writer with a tortured soul,
combines the self confidence of professional success with the fears of
one tormented by guilt. The script remains the biggest asset –
depicting pain without melodrama, giving lessons without preaching.
SRUTI, A MAGAZINE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - DEC 2007
This is theatre where versatility is part of the game. If you are
riding a creative high, go with it. You might strike gold.
FOR tickets contact 9986863615
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Thejesh GN
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