Maiden Mithran Theatre Competition in Chennai 2022

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This week, August 9 to be explicit, marks 12 years for the reason that passing of Mithran Devanesan, a famous character in Chennai’s English theatre house.

Having spent over 35 years within the discipline, Mithran had directed over 150 performs, and was concerned in no less than 350 productions. However for B Charles, who runs Chennai Artwork Theatre, it was Mithran’s humanitarian facet that touched him. “Mithran was the primary one that confirmed us that there’s an leisure kind known as theatre. Nevertheless, past theatre, he has additionally contributed to many humanitarian actions as part of The Mithran Basis he had arrange. His epitaph reads ‘Humanitarian and Theatre director’,” says Charles, who will launch the maiden Mithran Theatre Competition in Chennai on August 13. Via the Basis, he explains, Mithran arrange free tuition centres for kids in villages that lacked electrical energy, faculties and different primary facilities.

Charles provides, “Mithran is the explanation for no matter we now have been reaching within the discipline of theatre, and plenty of look as much as him as their mentor. Via this pageant, I want to characterize all of them. It’s my approach of exhibiting gratitude to him.”

Kickstarting this Saturday, the pageant’s line-up includes performs comparable to Fragments and the Tiger by Michael Muthu, The Practice Driver by Athol Fugard (Gnataks Manufacturing), Komaligal by Theatre Akku, and a play by Krishna Shastri Devulapalli, tailored and directed by Nikhila Kesavan for Pricey Omana. “We even have performs scheduled for the month-end (August 26 and 27. The road-up will embody What she mentioned: Six voices from the Ramayana by Gowri Ramnarayan as effectively,” says Charles, including that the crew has been engaged on curating the fest for the previous six months. 

 Komaligal

Discussing Komaligal, Charles explains the way it highlights the interconnections between our society at the moment and gender inequality. “It seems at how intersectional abuse is an final result of our stagnant cultural attitudes and inhuman practices comparable to caste and sophistication discrimination,” he says, including, “This play tries to deliver into gentle the sexual oppression confronted by ladies throughout social, cultural and demographic backgrounds via a compilation of tales that belong to every one in every of us.”

As for Pricey Omana, the satirical play unfolds as letters exchanged between struggling author Krishna Shastri Devulapalli, and a bestselling creator Omana Banerjee.

Performs apart, the occasion additionally includes an exhibition that may showcase Mithran’s key works, pictures from his life journey, and a documentary.

The pageant will likely be held from August 13 onwards at Medai – The Stage, Alwarpet. Tickets at 300 are on bookmyshow.com

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