Because life's like that

Updated On: 14 March, 2019 08:54 AM IST | | Snigdha Hasan

Quasar Thakore-Padamsee's new play about a family with a depressed member is a heart-warming departure from the conventional portrayal of mental health and focuses instead on the everyday things that make life beautiful

The play is a one-act performance with Vivek Madan (in checks) as the protagonist. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

A seven-year-old settles into the front seat of the car as his father readies to drive him to the hospital. His mother "did something stupid", he is told on the way. The little boy tries to fathom the words and the sight of his depressed mother lying in the hospital bed after a suicide attempt. "Mum finds it hard to be happy," the child gathers, and to help her, he starts drawing up a list — of every brilliant thing in life. Ice creams. Pillow fights. Gully cricket. The colour yellow. People falling over... The list expands as the years pass by, its entries reflecting the turn of events in the life of the protagonist.

A rehearsal in progress at an alternative theatre space in Versova