Hosted by New York-based New Perspectives Theatre company, the ‘Theatre from the Streets: India Project’ webinar series featured the works of 12 artists from India, curated by Mallika Sarabhai. With the filmed plays, the theatre artists aim to turn the attention of the world to humanitarian issues in India
Through ‘Theatre from the Streets’ Mallika Sarabhai wished to “do something to highlight, through performance, the many unspoken horrors in the world”. Photo courtesy: Mallika Sarabhai.
Actor, poet and theatre director Danish Husain’s latest production, a filmed theatrical performance of one of the most well-known pieces of writing, ‘Draupadi’, makes clear the reasons why a short story by Bengali author Mahasweta Devi from 1978 is still relevant to the prohibitive times in which we are living.