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The stage is theirs: Drama School of Mumbai students set to perform two plays
Updated On: 15 April, 2024 06:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
Two iconic plays will be staged by students of the Drama School of Mumbai with the intent to showcase the vast repertoire of Indian theatre along with experiencing the complexities of production
A moment from a Kannada adaptation of Girish Karnad’s play by Abhinav Grover; Gurleen Judge (on chair) watches over students prepare a scene; Actors rehearse a scene from the play Agni ur Barkha
The stage can be a challenging space. It can also be a platform to bigger discoveries. For students of the Drama School of Mumbai, this week will mark a culmination of their learnings, assimilations and understanding of what Bertolt Brecht famously called the ‘representation of life’. The batch of 18 students will join theatre makers Gurleen Judge and Sapan Saran to take on two iconic works in Indian literature, Girish Karnad’s Agni aur Barkha (Fire and The Rain) and Shudraka’s play Mitti Ki Gaadi AKA Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart).
Writer and playwright Irawati Karnik, also academic head of the Drama School of Mumbai, shares, “The plays are an opportunity for students to explore and perform everything they have learned, and also to find parallels between what they have learned and the world around them. This will colour and shape their practice as they go forward.”
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