Aadyam Theatre 2023

Hayavadana

Girish Karnad’s HAYAVADANA is a modern classic. When it burst onto the Indian stage in the 1970s, it was an immediate success with audiences and critics alike. Using traditional Indian theatre techniques such as masks and a sutradhar (narrator), the play examines modern questions of identity and self-hood. There is a horse-headed man who longs to be complete, there is a young woman who mixes up the heads of her lover and her husband, and there is a child who cannot speak — the stories intertwine and illuminate each other as they ask the most important of all human questions: who am I?

Neelam Man Singh, with her innovative narrative techniques and her powerful stagecraft enriched by both modernity and tradition, gives us Hayavadana anew. This is a chance to see one of our most imaginative theatre makers present one of our most important playwrights in a theatrical masterpiece that combines myth and folk tale, song and speech, humor and pathos, love and jealousy, hope and despair. The experience of watching a great play created by a great director will be unforgettable. Translated from the Kannada original by B V Karanth

Baaghi Albele

Johny & Minnie Makhija, husband, and wife are famous actors from a renowned theatre company in Ludhiana. During a performance of Hamlet, a young and handsome soldier of an underground rebel organization B.O.L (Sukhwinder Singh) leaves just as Johny begins the soliloquy, “to be or not to be” leaving Johny in a rage and Minnie with a new secret admirer. A short time later, following the prohibition orders of the government, all performances are stopped, theatres are closed and so begins the chaos that ensues with the artists being forced to hide underground while also plotting a movement to bring back theatre and live performances. This masterpiece pairs comic absurdity with grim reality. Within the dismal setting of censorships and general crackdowns on comedians, journalists, writers, and artists, absolutely all stakeholders participate in this comedy. Directed by Atul Kumar An adaptation of Nick Whitby’s ‘To Be Or Not To Be, A play based on the motion picture by Ernst Lubitsch

As Bees In Honey Drown

As Bees In Honey Drown Written by Douglas Carter Beane Adapted by Akarsh Khurana Directed by Anahita Oberoi “AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.”

“As Bees in Honey Drown is a smart and witty representation of the greed for fame, glamour, and the good life. A fast-paced entertainer, set in an age that most often chooses image over substance – like taking to gleaming golden honey. Fame like honey, can give one a rush of sweet pleasure, while it can also drown one with its stickiness.”

Aadyam Theatre, an Aditya Birla Group initiative, presents its latest production, ‘As Bees In Honey Drown’, by Douglas Carter Beane, Directed by Anahita Uberoi – a hilarious and thought-provoking satire on contemporary culture. It promises to tickle your funny bone while exploring themes of deceit, betrayal, artistic ambition, and the power of illusion.

The play follows the story of almost famous author Dhruv who captures the attention of Alexa – a popular socialist who has made the world of celebrity her home. Alexa is a record producer and a film agent, she seems to have connections to everyone, and she offers Dhruv a handsome fee to write a screenplay of her life story. What follows are designer suits, the best hotels, and all the accouterments of fame. Come watch as Dhruv and Alexa take us through the glamour and glitz of the good life.

15 April 7:30 pm

16 April 2023 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm