‘Jump’ unfolds on the rooftop of a city building, where a successful female corporate executive teeters on the edge, contemplating suicide. Just in the nick of time, a male cab driver intervenes, preventing her leap. This sets the stage for a collision of two profoundly different worlds, encompassing contrasting socio-economic classes, backgrounds, and lifestyles, as well as distinct circumstances, beliefs, and perspectives.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
ASMR stands for “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response,” a reference to the modern phenomenon of experiencing pleasurable, stimulating, and tingling sensations in the body and mind. This theatrical performance titled ‘ASMR’ delves into a philosophically intimate exploration of this phenomenon, aiming to evoke indescribable sensory responses and create new existential stimuli within the mind.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
‘Daklakatha Devikavya’ is an experimental play drawing on the epic poetry and stories of the important Kannada writer and founder-member of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, K.B. Siddaiah. The piece begins with a re-reading of a cosmogonic myth and evolves through weaving Dalit rituals, beliefs, hunger and desire through song and storytelling. The play provokes us to think how received insights through the experience of untouchability force us to confront what it means to be human in the depths of our being.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
This play was made in a village setting for children in village schools across Maharashtra and the Konkan Region. It explores the world of animals that inhabit the child’s life and invites the audience to imagine how these animals may play. The play uses physical movement, objects and sounds to create a sensorial experience for children ages 3 to 6.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
The Daklakatha Devikavya team brings songs that are bound to travel, live, and play on tongues and in the memories of people. They carry joy, pain, dignity, resistance, and love in their bodies wherever they travel. Come meet them and sing!
Facilitated by
Lakshmana K P and Performers of Daklakatha Devikavya
The audience is invited by Mea & Lilo, two quirky characters, to join them in their discovery of ‘The Land of Mea and Lilo’—a place filled with hidden objects. Follow their adventures and see how they overcome challenges with wit, teamwork, and determination. Witness their creative explorations and let your imagination come to life!
“I see, you see, what could it be?!”
Curated by
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
The Tamil comedy play ‘Paatigazhum Palamozhium’ (meaning ‘old ladies and proverbs’) is adapted from a book of the same name by Shanmugam, with the jester part scripted by the legendary actor Nasser.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
‘Shakti’ by Ashley Lobo and Navdhara India Dance Theatre is an Indo-Japanese collaborative piece produced by Serendipity Arts and the Japan Foundation, New Delhi.
This abstract dance theatre performance will feature 3 dancers from India and 2 independent dancers from Japan with music by Japanese artist Noriko Shakti. The organising theme of the project is an exploration of energy with a focus on the feminine.
An idealistic dreamer sets out to revive the lost tradition of chivalry. Immortalising this unlikely knight errant and his befuddled squire Sancho Panza, Cervantes’ novel has inspired countless individual artworks and entire cultural movements around the world.
Curated by:
Geeta Chandran
Commissioned by the Rural Touring Dance Initiative in association with Perth Theatre Developed with the support of Creative Scotland, Dancebase, The Place, Scottish School of Contemporary Dance, Dundee & Angus College, The Work Room, Made in Scotland Touring Fund.
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