A 3-day theatre pageant will probably be held in Guwahati from Friday, organisers mentioned.

The post-World War II period in Germany, the COVID-induced lockdown and functioning of the fashionable nuclear household are the themes of the three performs that will be showcased throughout the occasion.

”The fifth version of the Guwahati Theatre Festival will probably be a three-day affair. It can have a various assortment of latest performs exploring guilt, innocence, human and household relationships,” Sidharth Bedi Varma, Chief Executive Officer of an English weekly that has been organising the pageant since 2016, mentioned.

Theatre stalwarts akin to Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla, Kalki Koelchin and Rajit Kapoor, amongst others, have enthralled the viewers within the earlier editions.

Varma mentioned the opening play will probably be ‘Taking Sides’, directed by Atul Kumar. Written by playwright Ronald Harwood, the courtroom drama explores the gray space of morality and the function of artwork and artist underneath a totalitarian regime in post-World War II Germany throughout the interval of ‘denazification’.

Versatile actress and theatre director Lillete Dubey will current ‘Vodka & No Tonic’ from Shobhaa De’s ebook ‘Lockdown Liaisons’ on the second day of the pageant, depicting the COVID lockdown woes with a touch of humour.

The pageant will conclude with the enactment of ‘Rusty Screws’, written and directed by Meherzad Patel. The play is a peek into the lifetime of a nuclear household.

Varma mentioned Atul Kumar may even conduct a grasp class in appearing for kids. A brand new part was added to the pageant this yr within the type of an all-Assam theatre competitors with prize cash for theatre teams from throughout the state. The occasion was held on Sunday.

Varma added that the winners within the two classes, by which the competitors was held, will probably be formally introduced and feted on the opening day of the theatre pageant.

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