When Sanjoy Roy, managing director of Teamworks Arts Limited, which organises cultural events in India including the Jaipur Literature Festival, saw some solo acts at the Edinburgh Festival in Britain last year, he was so moved by them that he felt it was time to showcase them here. That led him to ideate the Going Solo, International Theatre festival (an event featuring three solo acts by foreign artistes) in the country. The event, which started off on October 11 at Bangalore, will travel to Delhi before concluding in Mumbai on October 21. Theatre aficionados will get an opportunity to see acclaimed British actor Pip Utton essay Adolf Hitler in a humourous avatar in Adolf. As Winston Churchill in Churchill, he will enact the UK Prime Minister and talk about his childhood, marriage and his passion for painting. In At The Edge, Jailoshini Naidoo, popular television presenter in South Africa, will portray 20 characters in Cato Manor, a working class area near Durban that witnessed riots after the locals clashed with the authorities.u00a0

Pip Utton as Adolf Hitler in Adolf